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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of  
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Representatives are pleased to honor John A. Barnhart for his 
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many years of dedicated service to his nation as a member of 
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the United States Army and congratulate him for attending the 
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last reunion of General George Patton's army; and

 
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    WHEREAS, John Barnhart was born on June 13, 1926; he 
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entered the United States Army in August in 1944 and was placed 
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in the 4th Armor Division, 10th Armor Infantry; he joined the 
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Army just after the Battle of the Bulge and broke through the 
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Siegfried Line with General Patton all the way to 
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Czechoslovakia; and

 
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    WHEREAS, As a member of General Patton's army, John 
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Barnhart was once ordered to lacquer a helmet for General 
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Patton, a task that required 15 coats of lacquer and the 
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application of the general's stars; he also had to put clean 
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seat covers on General Patton's Jeep; and

 
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    WHEREAS, John Barnhart was subsequently transferred to the 
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Army Air Corps (now the United States Air Force) in 1948; he 
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worked as a crew chief on C-47s, B-26s, and AT-6s; he then 
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became an electronics instructor and retired from the military 
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in 1969 at the rank of Master Sergeant; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, John Barnhart is the youngest living member of 
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Patton's Army; he will attend the last reunion of Patton's Army 
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on September 10, 2009 in Washington, D.C.; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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honor John A. Barnhart for his many years of dedicated service 
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to his nation as a member of the United States Army, 
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congratulate him for attending the last reunion of General 
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George Patton's army, and wish him great happiness and good 
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health in the future; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to John Barnhart as a symbol of our esteem and 
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respect.