[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 69 (Monday, April 29, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H3296]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               RECOGNIZING TECHNICAL SERGEANT CAM KELSCH

  (Mr. CARTER of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize 
Technical Sergeant Cam Kelsch who is stationed at Hunter Army Airfield 
in the First Congressional District of Georgia. He recently received 
the Silver Star Medal on April 9 at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum.
  The third highest medal for gallantry in the Nation, Sergeant Kelsch 
received the award for extraordinary acts of bravery during a nighttime 
raid in Afghanistan. Throughout the raid, he exposed himself to enemy 
fire multiple times, once to call in air support, and another time to 
eliminate an enemy machine gun.
  He was also struck by enemy fire while saving the life of a wounded 
American as he dragged him to safety while under fire.
  Stories like these from our soldiers abroad are sober reminders of 
the dangerous situations they endure to make our world and our Nation a 
safer place to live.
  Mr. Speaker, I thank Sergeant Kelsch for his service, his bravery, 
and his sacrifice, and congratulate him on receiving the Silver Star. 
He deserves it.

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