[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 13422]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               IN HONOR'S CODE, THE U.S. CPL CODY STANTON

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                           HON. VIRGINIA FOXX

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, August 2, 2012

  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor CPL Cody Stanton of 
Raleigh North Carolina, United States Army, 21st MP CO ``ABN''. On 
January 26, 2012 while out on a mission CPL Cody Stanton was almost 
killed in an IED explosion. With the quick help of his brother in arms 
SSG Marcus Emelio, his life was saved when he applied two tourniquets. 
In a few short months Cody has come so far and so fast in his recovery 
over at Walter Reed Hospital in Bethesda. Another very important part 
of his recovery has been his mother Nancy Stanton who has been there 
for him constantly. The families of our wounded warriors are the unsung 
heroes who make the difference in recovery. I ask that this poem penned 
in his honor by Albert Caswell be placed in the Record.

     In Honor's Code . . .
     What men must bare,
     this heavy load!
     All in where they must go!
     All in what they must do!
     While, all in the face of death their fine hearts stand true!
     All for me and you!
     To so provide freedom's hue!
     All for that old red, white and blue!
     All in times of war,
     when hearts of courage must stand true!
     As what they are,
     in what they do!
     As so Cody,
     as so have you!
     As a man of faith . . .
     Whose fine heart would not so wave!
     Who so lives by such an ethos,
     SUCH A CODE,
     that which so means the most!
     Who to this our nation so gave!
     Almost his life,
     and his two fine strong legs . . .
     as death stood close!
     For this hero,
     can you but not so hear the Angel's pray, all of those?
     For it was on a battlefield of honor bright,
     where heroes are so made who for us so fight!
     Where this fine hero almost so lost his life!
     But, coming back from the dead as his great heart shone so 
           bright!
     As he so looked down upon his new plight!
     As he so realized that things would never be the same that 
           night!
     As his heart so went Air Borne,
     oh what a sight!
     As one of Carolina's favorite son's!
     Went off to war to so patriotically do what must be done!
     As have all of our most courageous sons!
     Who but buy us peace,
     with but their most sacred lives and arms and legs all of 
           these ones!
     Who upon this earth their most magnificent blood so runs!
     But, quit is a word that Cody just never so learned!
     As so deep down inside this Southern Son, something so burns!
     With his next mission to recovery this courageous Carolinian 
           he earns!
     To So Teach Us!
     To So Beseech Us!
     To So Reach Us!
     As all in him what we must learn!
     That arms and legs we all need!
     But, what lies within ones heart above all else supercedes!
     As one day this man will go back to Carolina's to live under 
           her blue skies,
     as a hero indeed as so comprised!
     Air Borne,
     all in what his fine heart has formed . . . as a special 
           breed!
     For such things forever live on as these . . .
     In men of faith who so live by such a code of honor,
     and believe . . .
     For Heaven so awaits all of them and all these!
     Who live by such an honor's code indeed!
     By what code in your life will you so live?
     All in your heart's of honor to this our world what will you 
           so give?
     IN HONOR'S CODE!

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