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91_HR0190

 
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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS,  Corporal   Richard   E.   Bush   received   the
 3    Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions during World War
 4    II at Mount Yaetake on Okinawa on April 16, 1945; and

 5        WHEREAS, Corporal Bush received the medal for conspicuous
 6    gallantry  and  intrepidity at the risk of his life above and
 7    beyond the call of duty  in  action  against  enemy  Japanese
 8    forces; and

 9        WHEREAS,  Corporal  Bush led his squad up the face of the
10    rocky precipice and drove the  defending  troops  from  their
11    deeply entrenched position; he fought in the forefront of the
12    action  until he was seriously wounded and was evacuated with
13    others under protecting rocks; and

14        WHEREAS, While under medical treatment,  a  hand  grenade
15    landed  in  the  midst  of  the group of injured and Corporal
16    Bush,  alert  and  courageous,  pulled  the  missile  towards
17    himself and absorbed the shattering blow with his  own  body;
18    and

19        WHEREAS,   By   his  valiant  leadership  and  aggressive
20    tactics, his constant concern for the welfare of his men, and
21    his unwavering devotion to duty, Corporal  Bush  helped  gain
22    the conquest of this outpost of the Japanese Empire; and

23        WHEREAS,  The  State  of Illinois is proud of people like
24    Richard E. Bush, who risked his life in the  service  of  his
25    country; therefore, be it

26        RESOLVED,   BY   THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  OF  THE
27    NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,  that
28    we   congratulate   Richard   E.   Bush   in   receiving  the
29    Congressional Medal of Honor; that we  commend  him  for  his
30    valor  and courage; and that we wish him all the best of luck
31    in the future; and be it further
 
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 1        RESOLVED, That a suitable  copy  of  this  resolution  be
 2    presented to Richard E. Bush as an expression of our esteem.

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