[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 159 (Wednesday, September 26, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1309]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING SPC ROBERT A. WISE

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                           HON. NEAL P. DUNN

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 26, 2018

  Mr. DUNN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a life that was lost too 
soon. Florida National Guard Specialist Robert Allen Wise of 
Tallahassee was killed in Baghdad when a roadside bomb detonated in 
November 2003. He was the First Florida National Guardsmen killed in 
action to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
  Specialist Wise chose to selflessly serve our country at 17 years 
old. He was enrolled at Tallahassee Community College, when he answered 
the call to serve in Operation Iraqi Freedom. When his father asked him 
if he was sure he wanted to go, Wise told his father ``I would rather 
face them there than here.''
  Specialist Wise was known to his family and friends for his 
contagious laugh, infectious smile, and unwavering sense of duty to his 
country.
  Mr. Speaker, please join me in honoring Specialist Robert A. Wise and 
all of our fallen heroes who gave `the last full measure of devotion' 
to this country to make Americans safe at home and abroad.

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