[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11680]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               HONORING STAFF SERGEANT WYATT A. GOLDSMITH

  (Mrs. McMORRIS RODGERS asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. McMORRIS RODGERS. Madam Speaker, it is with a very heavy heart 
today that I rise to honor the life of Staff Sergeant Wyatt A. 
Goldsmith. Twenty-eight-year-old Sergeant Goldsmith lost his life on 
July 15 while defending America in Operation Enduring Freedom.
  As a native of Colville, Washington, Sergeant Goldsmith was a medic 
with the 3rd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group. He was treating an 
Afghan commando when insurgents attacked his unit in the Helmand 
Province last Friday.
  While his life was cut way too short, his legacy lives on forever in 
the hearts of those who knew him, and even those who did not. His many 
years in the service earned him the Bronze Star Medal, a Purple Heart, 
two Army Commendation Medals, an Afghan Campaign Medal, an Iraqi 
Campaign Medal, and many other honors for his valor and heroism in the 
name of American freedom.
  So today I rise to remember an American hero who gave his life to 
make America safer, freer, and more prosperous. May God bless Sergeant 
Goldsmith's family and all of the brave men and women who have answered 
America's call to freedom.

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