[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 19189]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            HONORING ARMY STAFF SERGEANT WILLIAM D. McLAURIN

  (Mr. PETERS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. PETERS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to discuss a truly 
extraordinary young man from my district. Army Staff Sergeant William 
McLaurin, known as Staff Sergeant Mac to those who serve with him, is a 
field artilleryman serving in southern Iraq. His unit is assigned to 
help protect the civilian State Department provincial reconstruction 
mission that is helping to rebuild Iraq.
  Our former colleague, Mike Flanagan, is serving with the State 
Department in Iraq and informed me of Staff Sergeant Mac's heroism and 
sacrifice. Staff Sergeant Mac was wounded twice by a sniper. In the 
first attack, he was hit in the backside but did not flinch from 
completing his mission. He returned to duty only 3 weeks later without 
even so much as a limp.
  Several weeks later, while patrolling and escorting Mike on an 
important mission, he was hit again by the same sniper in the chest and 
shoulder. While his wounds this time are much more serious, I am happy 
to report that Staff Sergeant Mac is expected to make a full recovery 
and is already trying to make it back to his unit in Iraq.
  Staff Sergeant Mac is a truly extraordinary young man and one we can 
all be proud of.

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