[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 24 (Friday, February 9, 2024)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E132]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





 RECOGNIZING THE MILITARY SERVICE OF TECHNICAL SERGEANT FRANK L. PIFHER

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                           HON. JACK BERGMAN

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, February 9, 2024

  Mr. BERGMAN. Mr. Speaker, it is my honor to recognize Technical 
Sergeant Frank L. Pifher for his dedicated and humble service to our 
Nation in the United States Army.
  Frank, a Flint, Michigan, native answered our Nation's call and 
enlisted in United States Armed Forces in 1952. Frank served honorably 
in the Korean War in 1953 with the Armored Cavalry, seeing combat as a 
Tank Commander and spending 11 months overseas. He earned the Korean 
Service Medal with two Bronze Service Stars, the Good Conduct Medal, 
the United Nations Service Medal, and the National Defense Service 
Medal in gallant service to his country.
  After returning stateside, Frank was stationed at Camp Carson in 
Colorado, where he was honorably discharged from the Army on May 5th, 
1954. While overseas, Frank had frequently written to a pen pal, who 
was serving as a wartime nurse back in Michigan. Upon his separation 
from the military, Frank married his beloved pen pal, Mary Lou. In 
their 70 years of marriage, they had four children--Tim, Janet, Rebecca 
and James. Rebecca and James went on to serve honorably in the Marine 
Corps themselves. In addition to their children, Frank and Mary Lou 
were blessed with five grandchildren, two step-grandchildren, two 
great-grandchildren and two step-great-grandchildren. The Pifhers 
currently reside in Tuscarora Township where they have lived for 34 
years.
  Mr. Speaker, I'd like to thank Technical Sergeant Frank L. Pifher for 
his exemplary service to the United States of America. Our gratitude 
extends to him not only for his courage and humility, but also for his 
legacy of service that he has passed down to his children and their 
children. May God bless Frank and his family.

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