[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 164 (Wednesday, September 22, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H4878]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         TRIBUTE TO NAVY CORPSMAN MAXTON WILLIAM ``MAX'' SOVIAK

  (Mr. JORDAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of Hospital 
Corpsman Maxton William ``Max'' Soviak of the United States Navy, who 
made the ultimate sacrifice while securing safe passage for his fellow 
Americans in Afghanistan on August 26.
  Max grew up in Berlin Heights, part of the Fourth District of Ohio. 
He attended Edison High School, where he played for the football team 
and was a member of the State championship wrestling team. His proudest 
decision, according to his family, was to enlist as a Devil Doc in the 
Navy after high school.
  A Devil Doc's mission is to perform lifesaving work even as unknown 
dangers advance. Amid the deteriorating security conditions at Hamid 
Karzai Airport in Kabul, with the likelihood of an attack increasing, 
Max stood at the gates to help evacuate American citizens and our 
Afghan allies.
  Throughout his career, and especially during his service in 
Afghanistan, Max embodied the words of the Corpsman's Pledge: ``I shall 
do all within my power to show in myself an example of all that is 
honorable and good.''
  Mr. Speaker, Maxton Soviak is an American hero who will never be 
forgotten. He served his Nation bravely and honorably. We will never be 
able to repay his sacrifice, but we must always remember it.

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