Bill Text: IL HR0618 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Enoch "Nick" Scull Jr. for being awarded the French Legion of Honor and recognizes his service to the United States.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2020-01-28 - Resolution Adopted [HR0618 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0618-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Enoch "Nick" Scull Jr. on | ||||||
| 4 | being awarded the French Legion of Honor, the highest award
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| 5 | given by the French government, on October 24, 2019 for his | ||||||
| 6 | role in liberating France during
World War II; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Nick Scull was raised on a farm in the Plano area | ||||||
| 8 | and graduated from Plano High
School, where he excelled in | ||||||
| 9 | sports; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Nick Scull entered active service in the United | ||||||
| 11 | States Armed Forces at Camp Grant
on April 3, 1943; he began | ||||||
| 12 | serving as a combat engineer with Company B of the 103rd
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| 13 | Engineer Battalion, 28th Infantry Division; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Nick Scull was deployed to Europe a few months | ||||||
| 15 | prior to his participation in D-Day
and the invasions of | ||||||
| 16 | Normandy, northern France, the Ardennes, and the Rhineland | ||||||
| 17 | between
January 1944 and April 1945; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Nick Scull was captured by the Germans during the | ||||||
| 19 | Battle of the Bulge in
December 1944 and survived 103 days in | ||||||
| 20 | German prison camps before being liberated by
General Patton's | ||||||
| 21 | Army on March 30, 1945; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Nick Scull was discharged from the United States | ||||||
| 2 | Army on November 1, 1945 at
Fort Sheridan; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, For his service, Nick Scull earned the | ||||||
| 4 | European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Ribbon with four | ||||||
| 5 | Bronze Battle Stars, two Overseas Service Bars, the Good | ||||||
| 6 | Conduct Medal, the
WWII Victory Medal, the American Theater | ||||||
| 7 | Ribbon, two Purple Hearts, the P.O.W. Medal, and
the | ||||||
| 8 | Presidential Unit Citation for heroism; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, After returning from the war, Nick Scull lived a | ||||||
| 10 | happy and successful
life, raising five children with his wife, | ||||||
| 11 | Patricia, playing a year of minor league baseball with the
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| 12 | Tampa Bay Smokers, running a barber shop, and working as a | ||||||
| 13 | foreman at Plano Metal
Specialties Inc.; therefore, be it
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| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 15 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 16 | we congratulate Enoch "Nick"
Scull Jr. on being awarded the | ||||||
| 17 | French Legion of Honor and recognize his service to the United | ||||||
| 18 | States; and be it further
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| 19 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 20 | presented to Nick Scull and American Legion Post 395 in Plano.
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