[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 14907]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            PAYING TRIBUTE TO LANCE CORPORAL CLARK CAVALIER

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                           HON. BILL CASSIDY

                              of louisiana

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 21, 2012

  Mr. CASSIDY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor one of Louisiana's 
most heroic sons, Lance Corporal Clark Cavalier, 2nd Battalion 8th 
Marines, from the city of Plaquemine in Louisiana's Sixth Congressional 
District.
  While out on patrol in Afghanistan on April 24, 2011, Lance Corporal 
Cavalier nearly died in an IED explosion. Almost mortally wounded, and 
losing both of his legs, he is now on the road to recovery. Clark is 
known as a grunt, the boots on the ground who take the fight to the 
enemy every day. In honor of his courage and his selfless sacrifice, I 
hereby submit that the text of the poem ``The Couragejun Cajun!'', 
penned by Albert Caswell, be placed in the Record.

                         The Couragejun Cajun!

     The Couragejun Cajun!
     What is courage all about?
     In times of war,
     there are but all those who our peace is so insure no doubt!
     Who so go where angels so fear to tread!
     Who cheat death and when almost mortally wounded,
     while living by a thread through the darkness of death come 
           out!
     Teaching us all what courage is all about!
     Who Dat?
     Dat's Lance Corporal Clark Cavalier!
     From Dat Bayou State, Dat's an American Hero so very clear!
     From that great State of Louisiana,
     where men come from without fear!
     Dat's, A United States Marine!
     One of the greatest things,
     Dat D'his country Dat ever seen!
     Dressed,
     all so heroically all in Dat D'hose Shades of Dat Green!
     Who upon a battlefield of honor,
     Dat Did so convene!
     For he's a grunt,
     ever on the hunt for an enemy to confront!
     While, out on patrol he almost lost his life so!
     When, and IED took his two strong legs,
     and death but lie just moments away!
     But could not take his heart that day!
     As this young hero from the south,
     So rose up and so showed us what Dat courage is Dat courage 
           is Dat all about!
     As this Couragejun Cajun's courage would so Dat shout!
     And What Dat Honor and Duty, and Courage are all about!
     Dat's Da Truth no Dat Doubt!
     And his New Orleans Saints
     well he just can't live without!
     Yea, one day he wants to smoke a gar with Drew,
     and shoot the Breese and talk about!
     But, right now he got mountains to so climb no doubt!
     All out on that road to recovery!
     As Dat's a place where we will discover we!
     What Dat Couragejun Cajun is all about you must believe!
     Because, not even a GATOR could slow this man down!
     And every day is Fat Tuesday in this man's heart, SO HOW!
     BECAUSE THIS DADDY, DON'T CRAWL!
     And there's nothing going to slow him down, not Dat ALL!
     As he so Dat Teaches,
     And so DAT Beseeches Us all in what's his heart so sounds!
     Because, arms and legs we all need,
     But it's Dat with his great heart Dat Clark gains Dat speed!
     and we can live without!
     but, without Dat Couragejun Heart,
     we will surely perish as no doubt!
     And Dat'd What Lance Corporal Cavalier is all about!
     And one day when Dat Da Saints Come Marching In,
     up in Heaven he will be up front with Dat all them no doubt!
     For Heroes come in all shapes and sizes,
     but it's really what's Dat Dere In Der Heart's which so 
           comprises!
     Who they are!
     As why down on the Bayou,
     why you as a hero Clark are so seen!
     And yes Clark,
     Marine, with your Couragejun Cajun heart you so shine like a 
           star!
     For you have people to so touch,
     and so many hearts to so heal as such!
     All in what Dat your fine Couragejun Cajun heart,
     has to so Dat reveal!
     Oooh . . . Rah . . . Dat Jar Head!

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