[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 62 (Wednesday, May 18, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                       A TRIBUTE TO FALLEN HEROES

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                            HON. JOHN BRYANT

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 17, 1994

  Mr. BRYANT. Mr. Speaker, more than 13,000 American law enforcement 
officers have been killed in the line of duty since 1794. These men and 
women are heroes no less than those who have given their lives in 
service to their country in the armed forces throughout our history.
  Law enforcement--whether it is in a big city, in a small community, 
or on a highway through a rural area--is one of the toughest and most 
dangerous jobs in our society. And rarely are those who risk their 
lives in defense of ours accorded the recognition and thanks they so 
richly deserve.
  All Americans owe our local, State, and national law enforcement 
officers our constant support and encouragement.
  But this week--Peace Officers' Memorial Week--we pause to pay tribute 
to those who unselfish service has cost their lives.
  This year the names of 147 slain officers and Federal agents from 38 
States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico--14 of them from 
Texas--have been engraved on the grey marble walls of the National Law 
Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, DC.
  Although congressional business requires me to be in the Capitol and 
prevents my participating personally this week with the people of 
Henderson County, TX, in honoring five outstanding officers killed in 
the line of duty, I want to call the attention of my colleagues and the 
American people to their sacrifice.
  At the observance the citizens of Henderson County, at a luncheon and 
courthouse ceremony sponsored by the Henderson County Peace Officers 
Association, will honor:
  Lieutenant Bennie R. Everett of the Athens Police Department, killed 
in a jailhouse struggle with a prisoner in 1977;
  Deputy Sheriff Charlie Fields, Sr. of the Henderson County Sheriff's 
Department, killed in a gunfight while arresting a suspect in 1956;
  Trooper Kohler C. ``K.C.'' Winn of the Texas Department of Public 
Safety, killed in an automobile accident in the line of duty in 1974;
  Trooper Larry Hobson of the Texas Department of Public Safety, killed 
in an automobile accident in the line of duty in 1974; and
  Texas Ranger Dan McDuffie, who was killed in 1931.
  No words can adequately express my appreciation or that of our 
community to these gallant officers who were killed in the line of duty 
and their families whose loss we share.
  Now, their names have been added, as they so richly deserve, to the 
roster of law enforcement heroes on the wall of the National Law 
Enforcement Officers' Memorial in their Nation's capital.
  This week and forever, we thank you for your service to your fellow 
citizens.

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