[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 8745]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  A PICTURE TELLS A THOUSAND WORDS--IN HONOR OF THE G.I. FILM FESTIVAL

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                           HON. PETE SESSIONS

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 20, 2014

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of GIFF, The G.I. 
Film Festival and its co-founders Brandon and Laura Law-Millet. Darin 
Selnick is also the VP of Development. In 2007 the Millets created one 
of the most moving and important film festivals in our Nation, GIFF. 
Through their efforts it has blossomed into one of the most powerful 
events called the G.I. Film Festival, to tell the stories of America's 
heroes which must be told to educate and preserve these priceless 
moments and events of the past for future generations to come. All 
hearts are moved and inspired by these works of art which honor 
America's greatest, the men and women and their families of the Armed 
Forces. I ask that this poem penned in honor of them by Albert Carey 
Caswell be placed in the Record.

                    A Picture Tells a Thousand Words

                       (By Albert Carey Caswell)

     War is hell, and Hell is War . . .
     Things that men and women dare not speak of the more!
     For the only glory found in this story,
     is all of those magnificent's who pay the selfless price of 
           freedom sure!
     Who for all their Brothers and Sisters In Arms,
     fight for each other but to live one day more!
     As the greatest stories ever told,
     to warm our hearts as we grow old . . .
     All in their most magnificent hue . . .
     Are of those who in hearts of honor who find such valor true!
     Are of all of those so who heroically go off to war,
     all for me and you!
     And come back home without arms and legs . . .
     With scars all upon their faces!
     With holes all in their hearts,
     as all of those demons they so face this . . .
     And the doctors and nurses who death so race this!
     And withstand all of the heartache,
     to rebuild them in all such places!
     Is but the grave price of war so cold!
     And the ultimate,
     are all of those who come back home incased in wood . . .
     Who so gave their lives and fought but for the greater good!
     As these are the stories to which our children must be told!
     Of all of those who burdens bore!
     So we will remember back into the days of yore!
     Because . . .
     A . . .
     Because a picture tells a thousand words . . .
     Gives voice to all of those moments and things which we've 
           not heard . . .
     Brings light to all of those who have not so lived these 
           words . . .
     Teaching us all what must so be learned!
     Bringing inspiration in what is seen and heard!
     And that freedom is not free!
     But bought and paid for by all of these!
     And but lies at the very height of what a human being can be!
     And that in the darkest of all nights!
     There are but all of those who but bring their light!
     The men and women of the Armed Forces,
     and their families who fight the fight!
     So to all of you,
     and your sacrifice . . .
     We honor you with this light!
     Because a picture tells a thousand words!

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