IN HR0058

Honors Wayman Hoots, a World War II veteran who was held as a prisoner of war for 27 months and survived being shot by a sniper, losing hearing from a bomb explosion, and facing a German firing squad

Recognizes Hoots enlisted in the Army at age 19 (claiming to be older), trained at Fort Knox as an engineer and truck operator, and served in Ireland, England, and North Africa

Notes that after liberation and discharge in Miami, Florida, Hoots hitchhiked to Kentucky to reunite with his wife Mary and meet his 2½-year-old daughter Nell for the first time

Acknowledges Hoots worked for Ingersoll Steel in New Castle, Indiana, for 30 years following his military service

Directs the Principal Clerk to transmit copies of the resolution to Wayman Hoots and his family