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1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
3 | | learn of the death of Arthur L. Leenerman of Mahomet, who |
4 | | passed away on November 4, 2019; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, Arthur Leenerman was born in Sibley to Alonzo |
6 | | Louis and Ida Brucker Leenerman on July 5, 1924; he married |
7 | | Ethel L. Bryant in Champaign on July 26, 1969; and
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8 | | WHEREAS, Arthur Leenerman served in the U.S. Navy during |
9 | | World War II aboard the USS Indianapolis; he was a Radarman 3 |
10 | | class; he survived the sinking of the USS Indianapolis after it |
11 | | was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in the closing days of |
12 | | the war; he was one of only 317 sailors who survived the |
13 | | sinking and spent four and a half days adrift in the sea before |
14 | | being rescued; he was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds |
15 | | inflicted during the sinking and his ordeal in the sea; and |
16 | | WHEREAS, Arthur Leenerman was a member of the USS |
17 | | Indianapolis Survivors Organization and attended numerous |
18 | | reunions since its inception in 1960; he has been honored in |
19 | | several of the books and documentaries about the sinking of the |
20 | | ship; and
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21 | | WHEREAS, Arthur Leenerman was an avid outdoorsman and |