congressional_record: CREC-1994-12-20-pt1-PgS17
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| CREC-1994-12-20-pt1-PgS17 | 1994-12-20 | 103 | 2 | TRIBUTE TO 2D LT. WAYLAND E. BENNETT | SENATE | SENATE | FRONTMATTER | S | S | [{"name": "Dale Bumpers", "role": "speaking"}] | 140 Cong. Rec. S | Congressional Record, Volume 140 Issue 150 (Tuesday, December 20, 1994) [Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 150 (Tuesday, December 20, 1994)] [Senate] [Page S] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov] [Congressional Record: December 20, 1994] From the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] TRIBUTE TO 2D LT. WAYLAND E. BENNETT Mr. BUMPERS. Mr. President, on September 16, 1994, the citizens of Texarkana, AR, and Texarkana, TX, honored the memory of 2d Lt. Wayland E. Bennett. Lieutenant Bennett served in the Armed Forces in the South Pacific during World War II as part of the Black Sheep Squadron. This loyal marine's remains had been declared unrecoverable in 1948, but were recovered earlier this year. Lieutenant Bennett was buried with full military honors, among the oldest MIA's to be returned. Lieutenant Bennett's family has been designated as a ``Gold Star Family'' in the tradition and honor of the World War II conflict. I think Lieutenant Bennett's namesake, John Wayland Knox of Austin, TX, said it best: Lieutenant Bennett was not a great man, he was not a war hero, his life was cut short. He was killed in the service of his country, as so many men have been. As a marine, I take particular pride in joining in paying tribute to this soldier's memory. ____________________ |