Full Text of HR1272 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to honor those who will be taking part in | 4 | | the first all Vietnam Veterans Honor Flight, the "Welcome Home | 5 | | Tour"; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The name "Welcome Home Tour" was selected due to | 7 | | the fact that many Vietnam Veterans never received a "welcome | 8 | | home" or "thank you" for their service to their country; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The trip will be to Washington, D.C. to see the | 10 | | Vietnam Memorial, other major monuments and memorials, and a | 11 | | wreath laying on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier; the trip will | 12 | | conclude on Veteran's Day; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, The trip will include Honor Guards, Patriot | 14 | | Guards, and a flag ceremony to honor the Vietnam Veterans who | 15 | | gave their lives in service of the country; each veteran will | 16 | | receive a flag which has flown over the capital and they will | 17 | | have "mail call" on their return flight; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, The veterans who will be taking part on the trip | 19 | | are Curtis Dale Beeding, James William Crawford, Brian Douglas | 20 | | Cummings, Herbert James Eutsler, Larry Eugene Fitchner, | 21 | | Richard Bryant Fuller, Dennis Michael Galitz, Keith Eugene |
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| 1 | | Grim, Max A. Kauffman, Larry Ervin Knock, James Merlin Larson, | 2 | | Kenneth L. Meeker, Timothy Lee Mendenhall, Ronald David Miller, | 3 | | Jerry Dale Murphy, Danny Joe Peters, Ronald E. Scheef, James J. | 4 | | Schriver, Randall Louis Schriver, William Wesley Shutt, | 5 | | Rexford Lee Todd, William Eugene Wagner, Ernst Rolland Whiting | 6 | | Jr., Lawrence Eldon Winkel, and Michael A. Young; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Those that made this event possible are Bob Stone, | 8 | | Midway Airport, Emily McLaughlin, Operations Assistant, Pam | 9 | | Horton, and Dr. Barbara J. Schriver, D.N.; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 | | we honor the Vietnam Veterans who will be a part of the first | 13 | | Honor Flight in the U.S., thank them for their service and give | 14 | | them the welcome they deserve; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the veterans of the first Honor Flight as an | 17 | | expression of our esteem and respect.
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