[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 45 (Thursday, March 20, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H2135]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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                   THANKING OUR SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN

  (Mr. BURNS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BURNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the great service 
to our Nation being performed by our men and women in uniform. The 
service men and women of the Third Infantry Division from Ft. Stewart, 
Georgia, are among those who have been called to duty in order to 
promote freedom. Following the proud and valiant tradition of their 
predecessors who earned the names ``Iron Fist'' and ``Rock of the 
Marne,'' these men and women are standing at the forefront of our 
forces deployed in the Persian Gulf region. Their mission is to return 
liberty to the people of Iraq and to secure freedom and safety to all 
those under the shadow of Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction.
  The Third Infantry Division is the most rapidly deployable armored 
division in the United States Army. The Third Infantry led the way in 
our efforts in Iraq 12 years ago. Today, a new group of young Americans 
wear the division patch and stand in the Kuwaiti sand fighting on 
behalf of our country.
  The men and women not only drive, but and maintain and organize, the 
tanks, the Howitzers, and the helicopters of the Third Infantry 
Division representing the highest traditions of the United States Army. 
As a neighbor of these fine soldiers from Ft. Stewart, I am proud to 
offer the thanks of the American people whom they are fighting to 
protect.

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