US House approves measure to rename Perryville Post OfficeUS House approves measure to rename Perryville Post Office
Little Rock, Ark.,
April 18, 2016
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By THV11 Staff
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - U.S. Rep. French Hill says the U.S. House has passed a resolution to rename the post office in Perryville after an Arkansas native who was killed in the Vietnam War...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - U.S. Rep. French Hill says the U.S. House has passed a resolution to rename the post office in Perryville after an Arkansas native who was killed in the Vietnam War. Hill said the House on Monday passed the resolution to name the post office the "Harold George Bennett Post Office." Hill introduced the resolution and said a companion measure was introduced in the Senate by Sen. John Boozman. Hill said in a news release that Bennett was a native of the Thornburg community about seven miles south of Perryville and that he was the first American prisoner of War killed in Vietnam when he was executed on June 25, 1965 after three escape attempts. |
