[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 95 (Tuesday, June 4, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H3586]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            HONORING BIRMINGHAM NATIVE CAPTAIN MALCOLM SMITH

  (Ms. SEWELL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. SEWELL. Madam Speaker, as we prepare to observe the 80th 
anniversary of D-day, I rise to honor the late Captain Malcolm Smith of 
Birmingham, Alabama, who selflessly gave his life defending our Nation 
during World War II in Normandy, France.
  An Alabama native, Captain Smith graduated from Birmingham's own 
Ramsay High School before attending West Point and becoming a pilot for 
the United States Army Air Forces in 1942.
  Captain Smith flew many combat missions in one of the most heavily 
engaged air groups in Normandy leading up to D-day. He was awarded five 
Air Medals for his heroic efforts.
  Just 2 weeks before D-day, and at the age of 27, Captain Smith was 
killed in his P-47 Thunderbolt while completing a ground mission. He is 
buried in the Normandy American Cemetery.
  As I will join the congressional delegation traveling to Normandy for 
the 80th anniversary of D-day, I ask my colleagues to join me in 
honoring Birmingham native Captain Malcolm Smith for his courageous 
service to our Nation.

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