[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 150 (Tuesday, December 20, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: December 20, 1994]
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                  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.

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