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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 Dallas Harvey of Highland, who passed |
4 | | away on April 27, 2014; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, Dallas Harvey was born in Schneider, Indiana on |
6 | | March 8, 1919 to Jessie Earl and Cora E. (nee Worcester) |
7 | | Harvey; he married Rita Mae on July 7, 1947 in Great Lakes; and
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8 | | WHEREAS, Dallas Harvey joined the United States Navy in |
9 | | 1937; he was stationed at Pearl Harbor in December of 1941 |
10 | | aboard the USS Argonne, a repair ship, and saw the first bomb |
11 | | drop during the Japanese attack; he served with the Navy and |
12 | | the Marine Corps during World War II as a Corpsman and was one |
13 | | of the first 40 officers chosen to command the Naval Medical |
14 | | Service Corps; he retired in 1967 after 30 years of service; in |
15 | | retirement, he was one of 3 individuals who established the |
16 | | Military Ministry for Campus Crusade for Christ for which he |
17 | | served as associate staff; and
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18 | | WHEREAS, Dallas Harvey was a member of Faith Baptist Church |
19 | | in Highland, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Highland 5694, the |
20 | | American Legion, the Military Officers of America Association, |
21 | | and the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association; and
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