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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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