[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 4, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E768]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                     IN HONOR OF HAYNE W. DOMINICK

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                           HON. BOB GOODLATTE

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, April 4, 1995
  Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, with all of the recent discussion about 
Enola Gay and some academic types trying to rewrite history, I'd like 
to talk a moment about a great American living in my district who knows 
much about the subject of World War II.
  His name is Hayne W. Dominick, and as a 21-year-old machine gunner 
for the Army Air Corps he fought the Japanese across the Philippine 
Islands and then made the last stand at Corregidor. Days later, he 
survived the brutal and infamous Bataan death march. Like thousands of 
his comrades in that march, Mr. Dominick demonstrated a bravery, 
endurance, constancy in the face of torture and inhumane treatment, and 
compassion for his hurting comrades that is perhaps unmatched in 
military annals. Then, for another 4 years his courage carried him 
through the horrors and brutality of a Japanese prison camp.
  We must never forget the true nature of World War II. It was a war of 
aggression by military dictators and their followers in Japan and 
Germany. Our Armed Forces fought with supreme bravery and sacrifice to 
save our way of life, to save democracy, to give suffering people back 
their freedom. And it was fought and won by great patriots like Hayne 
W. Dominick.


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