[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 166 (Monday, November 17, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2303]
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           HONORING SPC. JAMES ``JIMMY'' ANDERSON CHANCE, III

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                   HON. CHARLES W. ``CHIP'' PICKERING

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, November 17, 2003

  Mr. PICKERING. Mr. Speaker, I rise this evening before the House to 
pay tribute to Specialist James ``Jimmy'' Chance of Kokomo, 
Mississippi. Specialist Chance was a member of the Mississippi Army 
National Guard serving in C Company of the 890th Battalion attached to 
the Army's 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment in Iraq.
  Tragically, Specialist Chance was killed on Thursday, November 6, 
2003, when his vehicle struck a landmine near the Syrian border. He was 
the first of our own Mississippi National Guardsmen to lose his life 
while bravely serving in the Iraq War.
  Specialist Chance is a true American hero who has paid the ultimate 
price to protect our country from terrorists and defend the liberties 
of the citizens of the United States of America. Furthermore, he has 
unselfishly given his life to win freedom for the people of Iraq who 
suffered under the unbearable rule of an evil dictator. These are 
people he did not know, but yet, he has helped give millions of Iraqi 
men, women, and children, the chance to live lives of freedom and 
independence like we know at home in the United States.
  Even though I know his family is enduring great suffering as a result 
of their loss, I hope they will find peace in knowing that Specialist 
Chance bravely served his country and his countrymen and defended the 
values and principles that Americans hold so dear. Specialist Chance 
was a defender of peace and a lion of liberty.
  Specialist James Anderson Chance, III, represents the best of 
Mississippi and our Nation. I ask my colleagues in Congress to join me 
in honoring his courageous service, and ask that you pray that his 
family will find peace during this trying time.

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