[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 6707]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          IN THE GAME OF LIFE

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                            HON. JOE WILSON

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 19, 2007

  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Madam Speaker, in tribute of slain 
Marine Jimmy Regan, Albert Carey Caswell, United States Capitol Tour 
Guide, penned the following poem:

     ``In the game of life,
     There's only what's wrong or right!
     For there are only the very few, who shall so shine there so 
           who . . . are so very bright!

     ``For only one thing so counts,
     For only one score so adds up, that which so amounts . . .
     For it's all about what we've so said and done, and what is 
           really true . . . as so to be won!

     ``For there are no second chances!
     In these our short minutes, upon this earth . . . as our time 
           here so advances . . .
     Our goal! All in what we've said and done, for whom we've so 
           bled . . . to take our valiant stances!

     ``Whether, upon fields of green . . .
     Or on oh so heroic battlefields of honor 
           seen . . .
     Jimmy, was always the one! A brave heart! As a leader of men, 
           time and time again!

     ``A Marine's Marine,
     A brave heart who once so lived, who so gallantly chose to 
           give . . .
     Facing death, with only his magnificent courage left . . . 
           his heart of a lion seen could not be checked!

     ``Fast breaking in the game of life, writing his book of 
           sacrifice . . .
     To this our world he so gave, but never took . . . no 
           mistaking around him the earth so shook!
     Strength in Honor . . . was his great life's measure, in each 
           and every step he ever took!

     ``For so few of us shall ever be such a treasure,
     For so few of us such magnificence, as a hero to their 
           Country shall be so measured!
     Such Splendid Splendor, was Jimmy . . . who to our Lord's 
           heart brought such pleasure!

     ``For in the minutes and the hours,
     Of our lives upon this earth we give now, upon all others 
           which so shower!
     Are our gifts of Freedom and Peace, in our Lord's eye's hold 
           such power!

     ``To Make a Difference With It All,
     To be a champion in life! As what Jimmy so lived for and 
           died, as for what he saw!
     Could we, would we . . . ever such the strength so find, to 
           stand as tall as him in time?

     ``In the game of life,
     Every moment is important, and so sacred until our final 
           nights!
     For such valor and sacrifice . . . our Lord God, Jimmy you up 
           to Heaven has called!

     ``For life is not a game,
     As each day and night, are so precious the moments we're 
           alive to claim.
     And Freedom is not free, only bought and paid for by 
           America's greatest of all names!''

       In honor of a Real American Hero, Jimmy Regan . . . God 
     Bless you, my Son, and may your family find peace!

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