[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 22 (Thursday, February 3, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E106-E107]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       ALPHONSE FRANKLIN LE GRAND

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                          HON. BETH VAN DUYNE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, February 3, 2022

  Ms. VAN DUYNE. Madam Speaker, on behalf of a grateful Nation and the 
citizens of the Texas-24, the 2021 Congressional Veteran Commendation 
is hereby presented to Alphonse Franklin Le Grand, Lieutenant Colonel, 
United States Air Force, of Coppell, Texas, for

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his honorable service in the Armed Forces of the United States of 
America and for his continued dedication to his community.
  Mr. Le Grand was commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Air Force in 
1956, having served until 1978 as a navigator/bombardier for Strategic 
Air Command bombers. Le Grand was deployed to Vietnam during the war as 
the lead navigator for the AC-119 Stinger gunship, leading search and 
destroy operations on North Vietnamese positions along the Ho Chi Minh 
Trail. His decorations include the Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak 
Leaf Cluster, Air Medal with 9 Oak Leaf Clusters in lieu of subsequent 
awards, Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, and the Republic of Vietnam 
Gallantry Cross with Palm.
  After retiring from the Air Force, Mr. Le Grand has brought the same 
love he had for his country and poured it into making his community a 
better place. He has served on several boards, commissions, and 
committees, among these are as an officer for the Knights of Columbus, 
leadership positions within the Boy Scouts of America, and as a member 
of the Catholic Church Pastoral Council.
  Mr. Le Grand's career is marked with heroism and is consistent with 
the finest traditions of the United States Air Force and reflects great 
credit upon himself, the State of Texas, and the United States of 
America.

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