[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9459]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         HONORING A BRAVE FALLEN HERO, SPECIALIST EMILIO CAMPO

  (Mr. WALZ of Minnesota asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WALZ of Minnesota. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor a brave 
fallen hero from my district who was killed in Iraq last week. 
Specialist Emilio Campo, a remarkable young man from Madelia, 
Minnesota, gave his life for this Nation.
  He joined the National Guard while he was still in high school, and 
his classmates remember him as a kind, fun-loving young man who had 
aspirations to attend college and to go into the medical field. He 
served his country bravely as an Army medic; but when he would come 
home to questions about his exciting and dangerous work, he would 
always shrug them off, shy away from the attention, and explain that he 
was just doing his job.
  Earlier in the week, the Mankato Free Press reported that, in the 
2009 graduation section of the Madelia Times Messenger, Emilio's 
favorite quote was listed as: ``Dream as if you'll live forever. Live 
as if you'll die today.''
  By all accounts, Emilio did exactly that.
  Tomorrow, his family, his friends and his community will gather 
together to honor his memory and to celebrate his life. We will 
remember his sacrifice to this Nation and how he died and gave the 
ultimate sacrifice; but we will also remember the kind of person he 
was--full of life, kind-hearted, a good friend, and a good son.

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