[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 11350]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             FALLEN HEROES

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                               speech of

                         HON. DENISE L. MAJETTE

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 19, 2004

  Ms. MAJETTE. Mr. Speaker, When I think of Francis Scott Key's The 
Star-Spangled Banner, the fourth and final stanza of our National 
Anthem rarely comes to mind. It reads:

     Oh, thus be it ever when free men shall stand
     Between their loved homes and war's desolation;
     Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land
     Praise the power that hath made and preserved us a nation!

  As we approach Memorial Day, it is in the spirit of these words that 
we honor the noble spirit of the brave American men and women who have 
sacrificed their lives for our nation as they served in both Iraq and 
Afghanistan. Their ultimate sacrifice serves as a constant reminder of 
the high cost of freedom and our hope for a safer and more peaceful 
world.
  On this day, I would like to acknowledge and remember the soldiers 
from Georgia who have fallen while serving our nation during the past 
year.
  We Remember: SPC Jamaal Rashard Addison, CPT Tristan Neil Aitken, SPC 
Marvin Antonio Campo-Siles, SGT Michael Tyron Crockett, SFC Ricky Leon 
Crockett, SPC Marshall Lane Edgerton, SSG Bobby Charles Franklin, PV2 
Benjamin Lee Freeman, SSG Nathaniel Hart, Jr., SPC Christopher James 
Holland, A1C Antoine Jermaine Holt, SPC Justin Weaver Johnson, SPC 
Nathaniel Henry Johnson, SPC Kevin John Klinesmith, Jr., CPT Edward 
Jason Korn, SGT David Terrell Nutt, PFC Diego Fernando Rincon, PFC 
William Rodriques Strange III, MSG Thomas Ruel Thigpin, Sr., PFC 
Marquis Antoine Whitaker, and CSM Jerry Lee Wilson.
  It is you, our brothers, and our sisters who have paid the ultimate 
sacrifice--and those who still fight today--who stand between our 
beloved home, our country, and war's desolation. It is you who will be 
forever etched in our memory, forever in our hearts, and to whom we 
will be forever thankful.

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