[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 81 (Wednesday, June 9, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1175-E1176]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               IN HONOR OF THE LATE ARNOLD LLOYD GLADSON

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                           HON. SCOTT McINNIS

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 8, 1999

  Mr. McINNIS. Mr. Speaker, it is with great sadness that I now take 
this moment to recognize the remarkable life and significant 
achievements of one of Colorado's great war heroes, Arnold Lloyd 
Gladson. Tragically, Lloyd Gladson died of emphysema on May 3, 1999. 
While family, friends, and colleagues remember the truly exceptional 
life of Lloyd Gladson, I, too, would like to pay tribute to this 
remarkable man.
  Arnold Lloyd Gladson was a forty-four year resident of Durango, 
Colorado, and a twenty-six year retiree of The Durango Herald, Gladson 
was a respected citizen of Colorado. He was a participant in his 
community as president of the Rotary Club in 1960, and he also served 
on the city of Durango's city charter commission. Lloyd was the 
president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, and commander of the 
Trujillo-Sheets Post 28 of the American Legion of Durango.
  Aside from all of his accomplishments in Durango, Lloyd's most 
accredited accomplishments came earlier in life, when he enlisted at 
age twenty with the Marine Corps. A corporal in the Marine Corps during 
World War II, Gladson fought bravely and was part of the

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first assault wave on Red Beach in Tarawa. Surviving one of the 
bloodiest battles in Marine Corps history, Lloyd Gladson earned the 
Purple Heart, and many other medals too numerous to mention.
  Although his professional accomplishments will long be remembered and 
admired, most who knew him well will remember Lloyd Gladson, above all 
else, as a friend. It is clear the multitude of those who have come to 
know Lloyd as friend, will mourn his absence. However, Mr. Speaker, I 
am confident that, in spite of this profound loss, the family and 
friends of Arnold Lloyd Gladson can take solace in the knowledge that 
each is a better person for having known him.

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