[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5276]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             HONORING AND REMEMBERING CONNECTICUT'S HEROES

  (Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor and 
remember three brave men from my State who recently lost their lives in 
Afghanistan. PFC David Fahey of Norwolk was killed by an IED on 
February 28. Sergeant 1st Class Daehan Park of Watertown was killed by 
an IED on March 12. And Sergeant Frank Adamski of Moosup was killed in 
a firefight on March 29. March 29 was his 26th birthday.
  These three men and 1,500 others have made the ultimate sacrifice in 
the battlefields of Afghanistan. And these three losses over 30 days is 
a big price to pay for a small State like Connecticut. These brave 
soldiers volunteered to put themselves in harm's way, and they die 
heroes. I join my friends and neighbors in Connecticut in mourning the 
loss of these three men. I wish to extend my heartfelt thanks, respect, 
and sympathies to their families during this difficult time.

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