[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 58 (Friday, March 27, 2026)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E283]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    HONORING THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OF PRIVATE BENNETT H. WATERS

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                     HON. EARL L. ``BUDDY'' CARTER

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, March 27, 2026

  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Private 
Bennett H. Waters, a serviceman who tragically died as a prisoner of 
war during World War II.
  Private Waters was a Southeast Georgia serviceman whose remains were 
recently identified by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.
  A member of the Army Air Force 17th Bombardment Squadron, 27th 
Bombardment Group, Private Waters was stationed in the Philippines.
  He was taken prisoner during the Japanese invasion of the Philippines 
in April 1942 and remained a POW until his death in 1944.
  He is forever memorialized on the Walls of the Missing at the Manila 
American Cemetery and Memorial.
  His remains will now be transferred from the National Memorial 
Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu to his final resting place among 
family in Georgia.
  We thank Private Waters for his bravery, service, and sacrifice to 
our Nation 82 years ago.

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