[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 169 (Tuesday, September 29, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H5038]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          RECOGNITION OF SERGEANT FIRST CLASS RICHARD STAYSKAL

  (Mr. VAN DREW asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. VAN DREW. Madam Speaker, this is an amazing story. I hope 
everybody will follow it.
  Madam Speaker, I recognize Wounded Warrior Week, sponsored by the 
American Legion Post 469, and Sergeant First Class Richard Stayskal, 
United States Army.
  In 2001, Richard joined the United States Marines. In 2004, in the 
Anbar province of Iraq, Richard was critically wounded by a bullet that 
passed through his arm and pierced his lung. After surgeries, PTSD, and 
rehab, he was honorably discharged from the United States Marine Corps.
  But he was not done serving his Nation yet.
  Richard reenlisted in 2006 with the U.S. Army and became an elite 
Green Beret. He was both in the Marines and in the Army in his 
lifetime. Richard was recently diagnosed with terminal lung cancer and 
is now in the fight of his life.
  Richard, you have led a life to be emulated. You make me proud to be 
an American. I know you will fight this fight, give it hell, and you 
are going to win. God bless you.
  Thank you, Richard. And thank you American Legion Post 469 for 
honoring this American hero.

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