[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 79 (Thursday, May 21, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H3544]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 HONORING BRAVE SOUTHERN ARIZONANS WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN 
                         SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY

  (Ms. McSALLY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. McSALLY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the men and women 
from southern Arizona who have given their lives in service to our 
country.
  Countless southern Arizonans have bravely raised their right hands 
and volunteered to make the defense of our Nation their responsibility. 
Some have made the ultimate sacrifice.
  Their stories of bravery and selflessness are remembered every day by 
those who knew and loved them--stories like that of U.S. Army Command 
Master Sergeant Martin R. Barreras, who graduated from Sunnyside High 
School and was killed in Afghanistan in 2014; or of U.S. Army 
Specialist Christian M. Adams, a native of Sierra Vista, who was killed 
in Afghanistan in 2010; or of U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Benjamin D. 
White, who was based at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base and was killed 
when his helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan in 2010.
  These are just some of the many stories of brave southern Arizonans 
who fought and died to preserve our way of life. Their sacrifices 
remind us this weekend and every day that freedom is never free.
  Have a meaningful Memorial Day.

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