Full Text of HJR0114 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General
| 3 | | Assembly pays honor and respect to the truly great individuals
| 4 | | who have served our country and, in doing so, have made the
| 5 | | ultimate sacrifice for our nation; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Specialist 4 Michael Harold Flood was born in | 7 | | Effingham on October 1, 1948, the first child of Harold Joseph | 8 | | and Anna Charlene (Crose) Flood; he, along with his siblings, | 9 | | Patricia Marie (Turner), Daniel Joseph, Kathleen Ann | 10 | | (Darling), Marlene Ann (Van Matre), Kevin Eugene, and Larry | 11 | | Eugene, lived on the family farm in rural Toledo; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, SPC Flood started working with his father at a | 13 | | young age, caring for cattle and pigs and working on farm | 14 | | equipment; he started assisting with harvesting the crops as | 15 | | soon as his feet could touch the pedals on the equipment; his | 16 | | favorite class in high school was building and trades, which he | 17 | | took all four years; his class built a new house every school | 18 | | year on Route 121 near the high school; he loved building so | 19 | | much that he decided after graduation he wanted to work full | 20 | | time at the builder's supply store in Toledo; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, SPC Flood joined the United States Army on April | 22 | | 3, 1968; he was a combat medic assigned
to Company B, 1st |
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| 1 | | Battalion, 506th Infantry, 101st Airborne; he was killed in | 2 | | action on Good Friday, April 4, 1969 while on routine patrol | 3 | | outside a
firebase above the Ashau Valley; he died
while | 4 | | providing medical aid to others who were wounded in action; for | 5 | | his
extraordinary bravery under fire, he was posthumously | 6 | | awarded the Silver Star and the Bronze Star; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, SPC Flood loved cars and the races; he aspired to | 8 | | be a race car driver and perhaps one day race in Nascar when he | 9 | | returned from Vietnam and completed his service; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Throughout high school, SPC Flood was active in | 11 | | the Future Farmers of America and for 25 years his parents | 12 | | provided a monetary award and trophy in his memory to an | 13 | | outstanding FFA senior; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 15 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE | 16 | | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the segment of Illinois | 17 | | Route 121 in Cumberland County between CR 1450 East and CR 1600 | 18 | | East as the "SPC Michael Flood Memorial Highway"; and be it | 19 | | further | 20 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
| 21 | | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with
| 22 | | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs
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| 1 | | giving notice of the name
the "SPC Michael Flood Memorial | 2 | | Highway"; and be it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of SPC Flood and the Secretary of | 5 | | Transportation.
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