[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10887]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               DUTY FIRST

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, General Douglas MacArthur once said, ``Upon 
the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that, upon other 
fields on other days, will bear the fruits of victory.''
  Mike Kamon has played on those fields of friendly strife at West 
Chester Henderson High School and now at West Point. In high school he 
was a star lacrosse player and could have gone anywhere to college, but 
he chose West Point. Through his first 3 years at West Point, he 
distinguished himself as a potent offensive threat. But this year he is 
a defensive midfielder because that is what his team needs. He is 
willing to do whatever it takes to see his team succeed, even if it 
means less glory for himself in his senior season.
  On May 31, Mike will become a second lieutenant in the 4th Infantry 
Division because that is what his country needs. He will train to be an 
artillery officer, and by February will be deployed to Iraq or some 
other front in our war on terror. Thank you, Mike, for defending our 
freedom.

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