[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10999]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  ARMY SPECIALIST ERVIN CARADINE, JR.

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, I want to talk about a gentleman who was Army 
Specialist Ervin Caradine, Jr.
  Mr. Caradine would have been 36 years old today if he had lived. He 
was from my hometown of Memphis, Tennessee where we have lost nine 
veterans. He joined the Army to provide a better life for his family. 
He had graduated from Fairley High School and worked his way up to 
being a manager at the Steak-Out Restaurant in Memphis. He had a wife 
and he had four children.
  Three years ago to this day, Army Specialist Ervin Caradine, Jr., 
died. He was in a convoy in Baghdad that was hit by an IED 3 years ago. 
Three days before his death, he called his wife and she said there was 
a change in his voice. He said, ``It's getting worse over here, it's 
not getting better.''
  Since then, nearly 3,000 more soldiers have died. Army Specialist 
Ervin Caradine, Jr., said something 3 years and 3 days ago that is 
still true: It's getting worse over here, it's not better.
  Let's not have more deaths.

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