[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 28, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H1401]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO SERGEANT BOLIN

  (Mr. BARR of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARR of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, too many Americans take freedom for 
granted, expecting it as constant a force of nature as the daily rising 
of the Sun.
  Fortunately for all of us, there are men like Special Forces S.Sgt. 
Neal Bolin, who stand watch at freedom's door; protecting us from the 
demons of totalitarianism; ready to sacrifice their own personal 
comfort and safety for ours. For them, liberty is not a given, but the 
goal of a very real and dangerous struggle.
  This past February 12, Staff Sergeant Bolin lost his life, while 
seeking to preserve the life and safety of others, on a rescue mission 
for a plane missing in the jungles of Panama.
  I was honored to attend services for Sergeant Bolin, and to pay 
respects to his life and family. The people of Georgia and the Nation 
are grateful to Neal Bolin for the sacrifice he made. We are also 
grateful to his parents, and to his widow, for this American hero. 
While Sergeant Bolin's young daughter has lost a father, our country 
benefits from the new chapter in the annals of military service and 
dedication written by her father.

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