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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate former Illinois
4State Senator Edward Nedza on his Honor Flight to Washington,
5D.C.; and
 
6    WHEREAS, In 1945 he enlisted at the age of 17 in the United
7States Navy; he was transferred to the Naval Base in San Diego,
8California before being sent to the South Pacific; he was a
9Corpsman and Petty officer 1st Class; he served in the
10Philippines, Guiuan Eastern Samar, and Okinawa; from 1946 to
111947 he was assigned to the 1st Marine Division in Tientsin
12(Tianjin), China; in 1948, he was assigned to Naval Special
13Operations in Germany to retrieve V-2 rocket fuel to be shipped
14to the United States; and in 1948 he received an Honorable
15Discharge; and
 
16    WHEREAS, He served as an Illinois State Senator in the 19th
17District from 1979 to 1987; and
 
18    WHEREAS, On April 27, 2011, he will be one of 95 World War
19II veterans that will be escorted to Washington, D.C., as part
20of Honor Flight Chicago to see the World War II Memorial; and
 
21    WHEREAS, The day will conclude back in Chicago with a

 

 

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1welcome home celebration; therefore, be it
 
2    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
3NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
4we congratulate Edward Nedza as he enjoys the Honor Flight to
5Washington, D.C., and thank him for his service to his country
6in World War II; and be it further
 
7    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8presented to Edward Nedza as a symbol of our respect and
9esteem.