Bill Text: IL HR1272 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Honors the Vietnam Veterans taking place in the Honor Flight.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-11-27 - Resolution Adopted [HR1272 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR1272-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 honor those who will be taking part in | ||||||
| 4 | the first all Vietnam Veterans Honor Flight, the "Welcome Home | ||||||
| 5 | Tour"; and
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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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