[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 43 (Monday, March 11, 2024)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E237-E238]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING GLENDELL BENNETT

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                             HON. ANDY BARR

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 11, 2024

  Mr. BARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a specia] man, Glendell 
Bennett of Lexington, Kentucky. Mr. Bennett celebrated his 100th 
birthday on March 2, 2024.
  Mr. Bennett was born in Chicago and moved with his family to Texas 
soon after his birth. When he was in high school, World War II broke 
out. He and a friend heard about the all-Black regiment that was 
training in Alabama, so they jumped on a train and headed to Tuskegee 
to volunteer. They worked clearing brush for landing strips and working 
on aircraft maintenance. Mr. Bennett was later drafted into the Army 
and sent to Fort Eustis in Virginia, then to Europe. He served with the 
Quartermaster Truck Company and the Red Ball Express in France, 
delivering goods and ammunitions to those on the front lines. He served 
in the Army from 1943 to 1947.
  When World War II ended, Mr. Bennett attended Prairie View A&M 
College in Houston. He farmed and later moved to Chicago. While in 
Chicago, he worked with civil rights leaders, including the Rev. Dr. 
Martin Luther King, Jr., to promote equality and justice. Mr. Bennett 
has nine children and three stepchildren. In 2012, he moved to 
Lexington, KY to be near his children Glenda Bennett Mulder, Kimberly 
Bennett, Brian Bennett, and Diane Minniefield. Mr. Bennett worked with 
the Kentucky Senior Employment Program at the Gainesway Community 
Center and the Goodwill Industries store for several years.
  Mr. Bennett is known as a loving, giving person. He and his fellow 
veterans are true heroes. As members of the ``Greatest Generation'', 
they willingly served to protect and defend the freedoms that we enjoy 
today. I am humbled to honor Mr. Glendell Bennett and celebrate his 
100th birthday before the United States Congress.

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