[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13980]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            HONORING THE SERVICE AND LIFE OF MR. NICK BACON

  (Mr. BOOZMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. BOOZMAN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor and celebrate the 
life of Mr. Nick Bacon for his lifetime of dedicated service to America 
and Arkansas and to recognize his heroism as a veteran of the United 
States Army.
  He served in the U.S. Army from 1963 to 1984. President Nixon awarded 
him the Medal of Honor for his heroism west of Tam Ky in the Republic 
of Vietnam. He was also awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Legion 
of Merit, two Bronze Stars, and a Purple Heart over the course of his 
military service.
  He was a hero not only on the battlefield but by the way he lived his 
life serving others. As the director of the Arkansas Department of 
Veterans Affairs for more than a decade, Mr. Bacon was incredibly 
influential in improving services and foundations for veterans and 
their families, including the Fayetteville VA Long-Term Care Facility 
and Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery in North Little Rock.
  Mr. Bacon's lifetime of dedication to our country and American 
veterans is worthy of the many awards and recognitions he received 
throughout his life. A humble man who loved people and people loved to 
be around, Nick always had the veteran at heart. He will be greatly 
missed.

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