[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 22 (Friday, February 5, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E117]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




IN RECOGNITION OF THE LIFE AND SERVICE OF CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT RICHARD 
                                  HALL

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                            HON. DARREN SOTO

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, February 5, 2021

  Mr. SOTO. Madam Speaker, Mr. Richard Hall was one of the original 
Tuskegee Airmen, the country's first Black military aviators in the 
U.S. Air Force.
  Born in Georgia, Hall moved to Central Florida with his parents when 
he was five months old. A graduate of Robert Hungerford Boarding School 
in Eatonville, Hall received a four-year scholarship to Xavier 
University in New Orleans, LA. He joined the Army Air Force Reserves, 
and in 1942 was sent to fight in World War II.
  Mr. Hall was among the first African American Chief Master Sergeants 
after integration in 1949. He served his country for over three decades 
and completed tours on four continents, including the Korean and 
Vietnam wars.
  In 2007, Mr. Hall, along with other Tuskegee Airmen received the 
Congressional Gold Medal from President George W. Bush. In Central 
Florida, he was honored with a life-sized sculpture that sits outside 
Hannibal Heritage Center.
  Mr. Hall retired to Maitland in the 1980s and continued to call 
Central Florida home until his death on January 21, 2021.

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