Full Text of HR1578 96th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Ernest R. Slavik | 4 | | III on the occasion of earning the Silver Star for his actions | 5 | | during the Vietnam War; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Ernie Slavik III was born on March 24, 1946, in | 7 | | Elmhurst; he was raised in Villa Park and spent 4 years at | 8 | | Willowbrook High School; after high school, he worked for the | 9 | | ADT Burglar Alarm Company; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, In May of 1966, Ernie Slavik III was drafted to | 11 | | serve in the United States Army; after training at Fort Riley, | 12 | | Kansas for a year, he was sent to the Mekong Delta in Vietnam | 13 | | with the 4th Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment of the 9th | 14 | | Infantry Division; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Ernie Slavik III was honored multiple times for | 16 | | valor during the year he spent in Vietnam; on July 11, 1967, he | 17 | | took out 2 enemy bunkers and several insurgents during a | 18 | | firefight in which he fought in the open under heavy enemy | 19 | | fire; he was credited with turning the tide of the battle and | 20 | | was awarded the Purple Heart and the Silver Star for his | 21 | | actions on that day; on June 19, 1967, he dragged 7 wounded | 22 | | soldiers from a bloody battlefield to a successful medical |
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| 1 | | evacuation; after several decades, he was given a second Silver | 2 | | Star for his exceptionally valorous actions; after returning | 3 | | home in January of 1968, he finished his stint in the military | 4 | | at Fort Meade, Maryland, where he trained soldiers and led | 5 | | details; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Following his service in the Army, Ernie Slavik | 7 | | III became involved in lithography in 1968; he worked at | 8 | | numerous shops until his retirement in 2005; he served as a | 9 | | foreman at those places for 32 years; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Ernie Slavik III has lived on Channel Lake in | 11 | | Antioch for 37 years; he enjoys spending time with his family, | 12 | | fishing, hunting, and working on his 31-acre hunting property | 13 | | in southern Illinois; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Ernie Slavik's family, which includes his wife, | 15 | | Patricia, his children, Melissa, Kelly, and Ernest IV, and his | 16 | | grandchildren, Brook, Breanna, Jordan, Natilie, Lily, Fisher, | 17 | | and Ernest V, are all undoubtedly proud of Mr. Slavik and his | 18 | | accomplishments; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Ernie Slavik III serves as a model of hard work, | 20 | | integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of | 21 | | Illinois; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 | | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 3 | | congratulate Ernest R. Slavik III on the occasion of earning | 4 | | the Silver Star and wish him continued success and happiness in | 5 | | the future; and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to Ernie Slavik III as a symbol of our esteem and | 8 | | respect.
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