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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the |
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| State of Illinois learned with sadness of the death of WWII |
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| Veteran, father, and businessman David Carrolton Baker of |
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| Champaign on Wednesday, March 5, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, He entered military service on October 14, 1943, |
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| during a time when the U.S. was building up for WWII; he was |
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| sent to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, to receive his basic training for |
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| a Military Operation Specialty of Intelligence; and
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| WHEREAS, Upon completion of his basic training, he was |
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| assigned to HQ Battalion 7 Armed Field Artillery B in |
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| preparation for Operation Overlord, which would be forever |
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| known in history as D-Day; and
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| WHEREAS, Corporal David Carrolton Baker served three years |
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| with this Battalion in the European Theater before his |
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| Honorable Discharge on December 16, 1946; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a respected member of society because of |
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| his exceptional skills as a bricklayer and carpenter in the |
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| City of Champaign; he was a member of his local American Legion |
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| and a respected businessman; and
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| WHEREAS, Those who new David best note his extraordinary |
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| humor, honesty, and integrity, and how those traits made |
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| positive impacts on the lives around him; he will forever be |
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| known by those he touched as a blueprint on how to live a happy |
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| life; and
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| WHEREAS, His survivors include his daughters, Leann and |
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| Phyllis, and son, Lester "Butch" John, who bore him eight |
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| grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren, of whom he |
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| spoke fondly of to all he would encounter; therefore, be it
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