[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 10869]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                PAYING TRIBUTE TO SERGEANT JOHN GRIFFITH

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                           HON. JON C. PORTER

                               of nevada

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 12, 2006

  Mr. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of Sergeant 
John Griffith, who was killed in action May 5, 2006, while trying to 
rescue other soldiers in the mountains east of Abad in the Kunar 
province of Afghanistan.
  Sergeant Griffith's Chinook helicopter, to which he was assigned as a 
door gunner, crashed and none of the 11 men aboard survived. Sergeant 
Griffith was in the Nevada Third Battalion, 10th Aviation Regiment, 
10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry).
  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to honor the life of Sergeant John Griffith. 
Sergeant Griffith made the ultimate sacrifice for his country while 
defending democracy and freedom.

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