Full Text of HR1220 093rd General Assembly
HR1220 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives of the State of Illinois were deeply saddened | 4 |
| to learn of the death of Army National Guard Sergeant Shawna | 5 |
| Morrison of Paris on September 5, 2004 in Baghdad, Iraq; and
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| WHEREAS, Sergeant Morrison, 26, was killed in a mortar | 7 |
| attack on a United States Army compound on the outskirts of | 8 |
| Baghdad; she was with the Army National Guard's 1544th | 9 |
| Transportation Company out of Paris; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, the 1544th is attached to the Army's 13th Corps | 11 |
| Support Command, which oversees distribution of military fuel, | 12 |
| food, water, and other supplies to United States forces across | 13 |
| Iraq; Sergeant Morrison handled satellite and computer | 14 |
| communications and drove a truck, and was working mostly in | 15 |
| ensuring that communication was maintained between units; and | 16 |
| WHEREAS, Sergeant Morrison belonged to the track team and | 17 |
| the flag corps at Paris High School; it was Sergeant Morrison's | 18 |
| adventurous spirit that propelled her to seek the new, the | 19 |
| different, the stimulating, in life; and | 20 |
| WHEREAS, While still in high school, Sergeant Morrison | 21 |
| signed up for the Illinois Army National Guard, and in November | 22 |
| 2003, while away in college in Champaign, she was called to | 23 |
| active duty to serve in Iraq; and | 24 |
| WHEREAS, Sergeant Morrison often took fishing trips with | 25 |
| her family, and she was known never to have minded threading a | 26 |
| worm onto a hook; she will be remembered by many as a heroic | 27 |
| young woman, deserving of honor; and | 28 |
| WHEREAS, Her death will be deeply felt by all who knew and | 29 |
| loved her, especially her parents, Rick and Cindy Morrison, and |
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| her 17 year-old brother, Allan; therefore, be it | 2 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 3 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 4 |
| together with her family, friends, and the citizens of this | 5 |
| State and this great nation, we mourn the passing of Army | 6 |
| National Guard Sergeant Shawna Morrison, and extend to her | 7 |
| family and friends our sincerest condolences; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 |
| presented to the family of Army National Guard Sergeant Shawna | 10 |
| Morrison, as an expression of our deepest sympathy for their | 11 |
| loss.
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