[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 950-951]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      MAJOR SHAWN CAMPBELL; CORPORAL MATTHEW DROWN--TEXAS MARINES

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, while patrolling the blue South 
Pacific seas, two American Stallion helicopters collided off the coast 
of Hawaii. It was January 14, 2016. Twelve U.S. marines on board 
perished. Despite rescue efforts by air and sea, the marines were never 
found. Their watery graves are only known to God.
  Major Shawn Campbell, 41, and Corporal Matthew Drown, 23, were Texas' 
own. They were graduates of two neighboring high schools--Klein and 
Klein Oak--in my Texas congressional district.
  Major Campbell, over here with two of his children, was a hardcore 
marine. 


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A graduate of Texas A&M in microbiology, he served three 
tours of duty in combat in the Middle East. Recently, he was ordered to 
the States as an instructor pilot. Major Campbell left behind a wife 
and four kids.
  Corporal Matthew Drown joined the Marines right out of Klein Oak High 
School in 2011. He was on the debate team and was a friend everyone 
wanted to have. He was planning on reenlisting in the Marine Corps.
  These volunteers lived and died protecting America. They are the best 
that we have.
  Mr. Speaker, there is nothing like a marine. Ronald Reagan said: 
``Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a 
difference . . . The Marines don't have that problem.'' These men of 
Texas--Major Campbell and Corporal Drown--are two of those marines.
  Now there are two more marines guarding Heaven's pearly gates. We 
pray for their families.
  Semper Fi, Marines. Semper Fi.
  And that is just the way it is.

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