[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 199 (Tuesday, November 16, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H6300]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     HONORING THE SERVICE OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL ALEXANDER JEFFERSON

  (Ms. TLAIB asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. TLAIB. Madam Speaker, I rise today in tribute to Lieutenant 
Colonel Alexander Jefferson, whose heroic service as a Tuskegee Airman 
in World War II was recognized this week in a rededication ceremony of 
Jefferson Field, and it was done on his 100th birthday.
  A graduate of Detroit public schools, Alexander Jefferson pursued a 
military career and completed pilot training at the Tuskegee Army 
Airfield.
  As a fighter pilot with the Red Tail, 332nd Fighter Group 301 Fighter 
Squadron, his unit escorted bombers headfirst into action, bravely 
providing protection from vicious enemy aircraft. They never lost a 
single plane.
  On August 12, 1944, Jefferson was shot down and captured by the 
Germans and kept as a prisoner of war for 9 months. He was liberated by 
the American forces on the 29th of April, 1945, and discharged from 
Active Duty in 1947.
  After serving our country, Lieutenant Colonel Jefferson continued his 
public service by becoming a science teacher in Detroit, where he would 
retire as an assistant principal in 1979.
  He has numerous awards for his bravery and I am honored to recognize 
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Jefferson on this celebration of service 
to our country, and wish him also a beautiful, wonderful 100th 
birthday.

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