[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 66 (Wednesday, April 15, 2026)]
[House]
[Page H2889]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           NO MAN LEFT BEHIND

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, on Easter Sunday, 
President Donald Trump, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, and Chairman of 
the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine completed a successful mission to 
rescue two American airmen in Iran.
  Less than 48 hours earlier, an American fighter jet had been shot 
down with a shoulder-fired missile as part of Operation Epic Fury.
  A rescue was launched immediately, locating one pilot within hours. 
However, the second crewmember landed much further away, complicating 
recovery efforts.
  Despite this challenge, President Donald Trump emphasized the promise 
that no man is left behind. He correctly described the mission as ``one 
of the largest, most complex, most harrowing combat rescue searches 
ever attempted by the military.''
  As the grateful father of four sons who have served in the Middle 
East, I especially appreciate President Donald Trump.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops as the global war on terrorism 
continues. Trump is reinstituting peace through strength, revealing war 
criminal Putin lies, insulting and mocking Trump as war criminal Putin 
facilitates the Chinese Communist Party providing shoulder-launched 
missiles through the Black Sea Port of the Republic of Georgia, 
collaborating with the illegitimate regime of the rigged elections in 
Tbilisi to kill American pilots.

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