[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 202 (Thursday, December 7, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H6720]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING GEORGE JOSEPH HIGGINS

  (Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, silence your heart and look 
into the eyes of this young American. Tomorrow he would have been 101 
years old.
  On December 8, 1941, for his 19th birthday, he got World War II. Like 
millions of other young men across the country, when the attack on 
Pearl Harbor was announced the following day after that fateful morning 
on December 7, this young man stood up, went and joined the Navy.
  The Navy sent him to flight school. He served his country as a pilot 
in World War II. He died many years later as I held his hand. This man 
is my father, George Joseph Higgins.
  Happy birthday, Dad.

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