[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 24 (Thursday, February 12, 2015)]
[House]
[Pages H990-H991]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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HONORING THE SERVICE OF CORPORAL C.G. BOLDEN
(Mr. HILL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. HILL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of U.S. Army Corporal
C.G. Bolden, a Clinton, Arkansas, native and veteran of the Korean
conflict.
In January 1951, Corporal Bolden was taken prisoner of war in Korea;
and at that time, his wife, Geraldean, and 3-year-old son, Larry, were
notified that he was missing in action. Tragically, that same year,
Corporal Bolden died of malnutrition under horrific conditions in a
North Korean POW camp.
In 1993, his remains were among those returned to the United States,
and through innovative DNA testing, scientists at the Joint POW/MIA
Accounting Command identified Corporal Bolden's remains and determined
his cause of death.
On February 21, after decades of unanswered questions, Corporal
Bolden will be laid to rest in his hometown of Clinton, Arkansas, and I
am honored to join his family to remember him and welcome him home.
Corporal Bolden gave the ultimate sacrifice for his country, and his
life is an example for all Americans and all
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Arkansans. I thank him and his family for their service and their
sacrifice.
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