[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 9650]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING GEORGE ROBERT LUDWIG

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                          HON. JEB HENSARLING

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 21, 2011

  Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Speaker, it is my honor today to recognize 
Lieutenant George Robert Ludwig for his heroic service to our country. 
Lieutenant Ludwig entered the Army Aviation Flight School at Fort 
Rucker, Alabama in 1963 and served in Vietnam and Bien Hoa.
  Lieutenant Ludwig was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his 
heroism while participating in aerial flight. He first distinguished 
himself by exceptionally valorous action while serving as an aircraft 
pilot in action at Dong Xoai, Republic of Vietnam from June 10, 1965 to 
June 14, 1965. When battle erupted on morning of June 1, 1965, he was 
flying his aircraft with the mission of providing radio relay and 
acting as an artillery observer. When word was received that the United 
States compound at Dong Xoai was under heavy attack by a regiment of 
Viet Cong, Lieutenant Ludwig, who was flying the only aircraft in the 
immediate area, unhesitatingly volunteered to act as forward air 
controller for United States fighter bombers en route to the area. 
During the five-day period following the Viet Cong attack, Lieutenant 
Ludwig flew numerous radio relay and artillery adjustment missions, 
successfully and accurately directing many air strikes in support of 
the besieged compound.
  Lieutenant Ludwig also received twenty Air Medals, two Medals of 
Valor and was the only Army pilot in the Vietnam War to receive the 
Distinguished Flying Cross by the United States Air Force.
  I would like to take this opportunity, on behalf of the residents of 
the 5th District of Texas, to thank Lieutenant Ludwig and his family 
for their service to this country. We are eternally grateful for our 
service men and women, past and present, who have fought to preserve 
liberty for our generation and generations to come.

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