[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16690]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    HONORING COLONEL PAUL W. BRICKER

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                       HON. CHRISTOPHER P. GIBSON

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 11, 2012

  Mr. GIBSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on behalf of the people in New 
York's 20th District to express our sincere appreciation for the 
selfless service, dedication, and sacrifice to the United States by 
Colonel Paul W. Bricker who retired this year after 25 years of 
service. As a tribute, I wish to enter the poem written by the Poet, 
Albert Carey Caswell, entitled ``Brick by Brick.''

                            Brick, by Brick

     Brick!
     Brick, by Brick!
     Are but built, all of those men of honor who our Nation now 
           so picks! To so lead our magnificent men and women off 
           to war!
     Whose fine hearts, all in the midst of such hell so ever 
           soar!
     Who all so valiantly, all so charge off so forth!
     Brick, by Brick!
     Whose hearts are Air Borne!
     Who lead with such honor and such speed!
     Who take off and hover over danger, with hearts so very warm 
           indeed!
     Who crank and bank, who we all so thank. . . who our Lord so 
           adores!
     Who cry when their Brothers and Sisters In Arms so die!
     Who in times of war will leave all that they so love with 
           tears in eyes!
     But, for The Greater Good they do not so ask why!
     Who on the ground and in the air their fine hearts to new 
           height's so fly!
     Brick, by Brick. . , as their fine hearts are so molded to so 
           pick!
     To make those tough choices, to send magnificent heroes off 
           to die!
     Built on courage and such faith!
     Whose brilliant hearts shall not so wave!
     With words like Honor, Duty, and Country their foundations 
           are all so made!
     Brick, by Brick!
     Showing us all how men and leaders of honor so behave!
     Who each day walk by the grave!
     All so to lead!
     All so our nation can so succeed!
     Can so live all in such peace!
     As we so thank all of them and all of these!
     Who Brick by Brick, but build the very bedrock of our peace!
     Who are Army Strong, whose lives are like a song!
     Air Borne, Colonel Bricker. . . in hearts we carry you now so 
           very warm!
     Hoo. . . oh!
     --By Albert Carey Caswell

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