[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 20321]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    HONORING CAPTAIN CLYDE CAMPBELL

  (Mr. GOHMERT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GOHMERT. Madam Speaker, on Thursday evening, July 26, Gregg 
County, my home district, First District of Texas, will gather for a 
day of remembrance in honor of our great servicemembers who were held 
as prisoners of war or were missing in action.
  July 26 is a special day because it will be the 63rd birthday of U.S. 
Air Force Captain Clyde Campbell, around whom this occasion is 
centered.
  I, unfortunately, will be unable to attend since I will be here in 
Washington DC, but I send these remarks. Unfortunately, Captain 
Campbell will also be unable to make it on his own birthday celebration 
because he or his remains have not been brought home from Laos.
  Clyde Campbell was born in Eagle Lake, Texas, in 1944, and graduated 
from Longview High School in 1962. After graduating from Texas A&M 
University, he answered the call to service and joined the United 
States Air Force. An ambitious and talented young pilot, Captain 
Campbell was stationed at Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Airport Base in 
Thailand, ready to sacrifice his all for the Nation that he loved so 
dearly.
  In March 1969, he took off in his Douglas A1 Skyraider on a bombing 
pass, but Captain Campbell's plane was shot down and crashed in Laos.
  I will speak more about Captain Campbell during Special Orders.

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