[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9659]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   HONORING SERGEANT GEORGE E. BUGGS

  (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, I rise today to honor the 
life of Sergeant George E. Buggs. This young man grew up in the South 
Carolina town of Barnwell. After graduating from his local high school 
in 1990, he decided to become part of something larger than himself by 
joining the U.S. Army to defend our Nation.
  On Saturday, the Pentagon announced that Sergeant Buggs made the 
ultimate sacrifice for his country during Operation Iraqi Freedom. His 
body was discovered during the rescue of Private Jessica Lynch along 
with eight other fallen Americans. We do not yet know if Sergeant Buggs 
was killed in an ambush or later suffered torture. Yet we do know that 
Sergeant Buggs did not die in vain. He gave his life so that we could 
remain safe from Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction and so 
that the citizens of Iraq could be free from oppression.
  Our prayers go out to the family and friends of Sergeant Buggs, 
especially his 12-year-old son, and we ask for God to bless our troops 
still fighting to protect our freedom.

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