[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 11, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H33]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           RECOGNIZING 100TH BIRTHDAY OF COLONEL BUD ANDERSON

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize a great 
American hero, World War II triple ace fighter pilot and a man I am 
lucky to know and call a friend, Colonel Bud Anderson.
  Colonel Anderson will be turning 100 on January 13, just a few days 
from now.
  Bud is a California native, born in Oakland, California, and he grew 
up on a farm near Newcastle in Placer County in north California. He 
learned to fly when he was only 19 years old and joined the U.S. Army 
as an aviation cadet shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
  Bud was decorated 25 times during his successful 30-year military 
career. He is the highest scoring living U.S. fighter ace and the only 
surviving U.S. triple ace.
  Bud has certainly impacted me and my staff as a friend and as a 
person in the community in Placer County with his leadership and his 
all-around kindness as a person of such heroic status.
  I met him over a decade ago and had a chance to do various events 
with him, including a statue dedication for him. I watched him receive 
the Congressional Gold Medal as an elite group of American fighter 
aces. One of my favorite memories was with him at an air show when a P-
51 Mustang, which he flew in World War II in Europe, flew by. Really, 
it is the sound of freedom.
  Congratulations and happy birthday, Colonel Bud. God bless you.

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