[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 14400]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         FIGHTER PILOTS HONORED

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                          HON. GARY G. MILLER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 23, 2002

  Mr. MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to 
a group of individuals who did a great service to our nation. These men 
are fighter pilots from the Royal Australian Air Force and the New 
Zealand Royal Air Force who were assigned to US combat units and served 
as Forward Air Controllers during the Vietnam War. I would like to 
honor the following individuals:

                       Royal Australian Air Force

  Wg. Cdr. Col Ackland, Flt. Lt. Ray Butler, Fg Off. Peter Condon, Flt. 
Lt. Garry Cooper, Flg. Off. Mac Cottrell, Wg. Cdr. Vance Drummond, Flg. 
Off. Huck Ennis, Flt. Lt. Brian Fooks, Flt. Lt. Tony Ford and Flg Off. 
Frank Fry.
  Flt. Lt. Dick Gregory, Flt. Lt. Jack Hayden, Flg. Off. Chris Hudnott, 
Flg. Off. Dick Kelloway, Flt. Lt. Chris Langton, Wg. Cdr. Peter Larard, 
Flg. Off. Chris Mirow, Flt. Lt. Ken Mitchell, Flg. Off. Bruce Mouatt, 
Sqn. Ldr. Graham Neil, Sqn. Ldr. Dave Owens, Wg. Cdr. Tony Powell, Sqn. 
Ldr. Rex Ramsay and Flt. Lt. Doug Riding.
  Flg. Off. Dave Robson, Flg. Off. Barry Schultz, Flt. Lt. Bruce 
Searle, Flt. Lt. Ken Semmler, Flt. Lt. Arthur Sibthorpe, Flt. Lt. Ron 
Slater, Flt. Lt. Peter Smith, Wg. Cdr. Barry Thomas, Flt. Lt. Gavin 
Thoms, Sqn. Ldr. Nobby Williams, Flt. Lt. Roger Wilson and Flt. Lt. 
Bruce Wood.

                      New Zealand Royal Air Force

  Flt. Lt. Murray Abel, Flg. Off. Mike Callanan, Flt. Lt. J.M. Denton, 
Flg. Off. B.W. Donnelly, Flt. Lt. Ross Ewing, Flt. Lt. Graeme 
Goldsmith, Wg. Cdr. R.F. Lawry, Flt. Lt. Bryan Lockie, Fg. Off. Darryl 
McEvedy, Flt. Lt. Dick Metcalfe, Sqn. Ldr. John Scrimshaw, Flt. Lt. 
G.R. Thompson, Wg. Cdr. Wallingford and Flt. Lt. Peter Waller.
  I would also like to recognize Lt. Col. Eugene Rossel and Flt. Lt. 
Garry Copper for actively pursuing decorations for these men who served 
our country in a time of need.

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