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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The 1999 Chicago Memorial Day Parade on
3 Saturday, May 22, 1999, will honor and pay tribute to all
4 those who have served our country in times of war and peace,
5 especially the seven Congressional Medal of Honor winners who
6 live in Illinois; and
7 WHEREAS, Born in Glascow, Kentucky, on December 23, 1923,
8 Richard E. Bush currently resides in Waukegan; he won his
9 Congressional Medal of Honor for his courage and heroism as a
10 squad leader serving with the lst Battalion, 4th Marines, 6th
11 Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces,
12 during the final assault against Mount Yaetake on Okinawa,
13 Ryukyu Islands, on April 16, 1945; and
14 WHEREAS, Born in West Frankfort, Illinois, on June 28,
15 1920, Clyde L. Choate currently resides in Anna; Clyde
16 Choate's great daring in assaulting an enemy tank
17 singlehandedly, his determination to follow the vehicle after
18 it had passed his position, and his skill and crushing
19 thoroughness in the attack prevented the enemy from capturing
20 a battalion command post and turned a probable defeat into a
21 tactical success on October 25, 1944; and
22 WHEREAS, Born in Dayton, Ohio, on November 1, 1946, Sammy
23 L. Davis currently resides in Flat Rock, Illinois; west of
24 Cai Lay, Republic of Vietnam, he distinguished himself
25 during the early morning hours while serving as a cannoneer
26 with Battery C at a remote fire base; he fought continuously,
27 though badly wounded, until the Viet Cong force broke contact
28 and fled; his extraordinary heroism on November 18, 1967 is
29 in keeping with the highest traditions of the military
30 service; and
31 WHEREAS, Born in East Carondelet, Illinois, on February
32 23, 1920, Russell E. Dunham currently resides in Jerseyville;
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1 he singlehandedly assaulted 3 enemy machine guns; killing 9
2 Germans, wounding 7, and capturing 2 and despite a painful
3 wound, he spearheaded a spectacular and successful
4 diversionary attack; and
5 WHEREAS, Born in Abingdon, Illinois, on October 19, 1920,
6 Robert H. Dunlap currently resides in Monmouth; as commanding
7 officer of Company C, 1st Battalion, 26th Marines, 5th Marine
8 Division, he won his medal in action against enemy Japanese
9 forces during the service of Iwo Jima in the Volcano Islands,
10 on February 20 and 21, 1945; a brilliant leader, he inspired
11 his men; and
12 WHEREAS, Born in Chicago on February 21, 1944, Harold A.
13 Fritz currently resides in Peoria; he distinguished himself
14 while serving as a platoon leader with Troop A; near Quan
15 Loi, Republic of Vietnam, his 7 truck convoy came under enemy
16 crossfire; despite being wounded, he fought, assisted his
17 men, and refused medical treatment until all of his wounded
18 comrades were evacuated; and
19 WHEREAS, Born in Chicago on October 28, 1945, Allen J.
20 Lynch currently resides in Gurnee; near My An, Binh Dinh
21 Province, Republic of Vietnam, he distinguished himself while
22 serving in the forward element of an operation when his unit
23 became heavily engaged with a superior enemy force; he
24 provided his commander with information which led to
25 successful actions, and, risking his life, he crossed 70
26 meters to carry his wounded comrades to a secure location;
27 and
28 WHEREAS, Olive Park was named after Pfc. Milton L. Olive
29 III; Pfc. Olive and 4 other soldiers were moving through the
30 jungle near Phu Cuong, Republic of Vietnam, when a grenade
31 was thrown into their midst; Pfc. Olive saw the grenade,
32 grabbed it, and threw himself onto it, saving the lives of
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1 the others while losing his own; and
2 WHEREAS, Manuel Perez School was named for Manuel Perez,
3 Jr.; singlehandedly, at Fort William McKinley, Luzon,
4 Philippine Islands, he killed 18 of the enemy in neutralizing
5 the position that had held up the successful advance of his
6 entire company; through his courageous determination and
7 heroic disregard of grave danger, Pfc. Perez made possible
8 the successful advance of his unit toward a valuable
9 objective and provided a lasting inspiration for his
10 comrades; and
11 WHEREAS, The Congressional Medal of Honor recipients
12 during the Civil War were: Abner P. Allen, James W. Archer,
13 Charles Asten, John G.K. Ayers, Matthew Bickford, John C.
14 Black, William P. Black, Wells H. Blodgett, John G. Bourke,
15 Emmer Bowen, William W. Burritt, John H. Callahan, Horace
16 Capron, Jr., Samuel J. Churchill, Carlos W. Colby, John H.
17 Cook, Robert M. Cox, John Creed, James M. Cutts, John S.
18 Darrough, Martin K. Davis, David Dickie, James Dunne, John M.
19 Farquhar, John H. Ferrell, John H. Fisher, James E. Flynn,
20 Henry Fox, William W. Fraser (Frazier), Richard J. Gage,
21 Nicholas Geschwind, Andrew E. Goldsbery, Newton T. Gould,
22 Milton L. Haney, Douglas Hapeman, Henry M. Hardenbergh, James
23 Henry, Thomas J. Higgins, Patrick Highland, Lemuel F.
24 Holland, William T. Holmes, George L. Houghton, Orion P.
25 Howe, Theodore Hyatt, John Hyland, Samuel Hymer, Elisha Johns
26 (Jones), Andrew Johnson, William P. Johnston, Simeon T.
27 Josselyn, Leverett M. Kelley, Charles H. Kloth, George
28 Kretsinger, James W. Larrabee, Robert A. Lower, George W.
29 Lucas, Moses A. Luce, George Marsh, Samuel McConnell, Michael
30 McCormick, Andrew McCornack, John Wade McDonald, Patrick
31 McGuire, Thomas McGraw, Nineveh S. McKeen, James K.
32 Merrifield, Henry A. Miller, Jacob C. Miller, Wilbur F.
33 Moore, Jerome Morford, Robinson B. Murphy, Thomas C. Murphy,
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1 Marcellus J. Newman, George H. Palmer, James W. Parks, Thomas
2 H.L. Payne, Patrick H. Pentzer, Edward M. Pike, George F.
3 Pond, Philip Sidney Post, Wesley J. Powers, Winthrop D.
4 Putnam, George F. Rebmann, William Reed, Charles W. Rundle,
5 Jacob Sanford, Benjarmin W. Schenk, John Shapland, William T.
6 Simmons, Oscar Slagle, Reuben S. Smalley, Edward B.
7 Spaulding, Benona Sprague, William G. Stephens, John T.
8 Sterling, George H. Stockman, George Stokes, Henry H. Taylor,
9 William Toomer, James D. Vernay, Thomas J. Ward, John Warden,
10 Alason P. Webber, Loyd Wheaton, Patrick H. White, John
11 Whitmore, Elwood N. Williams, and Richard H. Wood; and
12 WHEREAS, The Congressional Medal of Honor recipients
13 during World War I were: Jake Allex, Johannes S. Anderson,
14 Michael B. Ellis, Harold Ernest Goettler, Sydney G. Gumpertz,
15 Ralyn M. Hill, Edouard Victor Michel Izac, Harold I.
16 Johnston, John Joseph Kelly, Berger Loman, Streling Moreland,
17 Weedon E. Osborne, Thomas A. Pope, Robert Guy Robinson, and
18 Fred W. Smith; and
19 WHEREAS, Congressional Medal of Honor recipients from
20 World War II include: Kenneth D. Bailey, Addison E. Baker,
21 Stanley Bender, Vito R. Bertoldo, Elmer Charles Bigelow,
22 Clyde L. Choate, John Philip Cromwell, Russell E. Dunham,
23 Robert Hugo Dunlap, John Peter Fardy, Eugene Bennett Fluckey,
24 Harold A. Garmon, Robert E. Gerstung, Eric G. Gibson, Richard
25 Edward Kraus, Anthony L. Krotiak, John Howard Leims, Fred
26 Faulker Lester, Joseph Jeremiah McCarthy, Edward S. Michael,
27 Edward J. Moskala, Carlos C. Ogden, Joseph William Ozbourn,
28 Manuel Perez Jr., Walter E. Truemper, Robert Lee Wilson, and
29 Frank Peter Witek; and
30 WHEREAS, Congressional Medal of Honor recipients from the
31 Korean War include: William C. Dean, Lester Hammond Jr., John
32 E. Kilmer, Edward C. Krzyzowski, James I. Poynter, Louis J.
33 Sebille, Richard G. Wilson, and William G. Windrich; and
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1 WHEREAS, Congressional Medal of Honor recipients from the
2 Vietnam War include: John F. Baker Jr., Michael R.
3 Blanchfield, Daniel D. Bruce, Robert C. Burke, Emilio A. De
4 La Garza Jr., Harold A. Fritz, Carmel Bernon Harvey Jr.,
5 Kenneth Michael Kays, Leonard B. Keller, Allen James Lynch,
6 James H. Monroe, Milton L. Olive III, James W. Robinson Jr.,
7 James B. Stockdale, Lester W. Weber, Jerry Wayne Wickam,
8 Alfred M. Wilson, and Gerald O. Young; and
9 WHEREAS, Other Congressional Medal of Honor recipients
10 include: from the Dominican Campaign, Ernest Calvin Williams;
11 from the Second Nicaraguan Campaign, Christian Shilt; from
12 the interim years of 1920 to 1940, William Badders; from the
13 interim years of 1915 to 1916, Eugene P. Smith; for actions
14 against outlaws in the Philipine Islands in 1911, John Hugh
15 Catherwood; from the interim years 1901 to 1910, Willie
16 Cronin, John Henry Helms, and Charles Church Roberts; from
17 the China Relief Exposition-Boxer Rebellion, William E.
18 Holyoke and Oscar J. Upham; and
19 WHEREAS, Other Congressional Medal of Honor recipients
20 include: from the Philippine Insurrection, Matthew A. Batson,
21 John A. Logan, Richard M. Longfellow, Archie Miller, Hugh P.
22 Mullin, Frank F. Rosse, Henry F. Schroeder, and Arthur H.
23 Wilson; from the War with Spain, George Berg, James L. Hull,
24 and William Meyer; from the interim years of 1871 to 1898,
25 Henry C. Courtney; and from the Indian campaigns, James T.
26 Daniels, Christopher Freemeyer, George Hobday, Eli L.
27 Huggins, Henry J. Hyde, John J.H. Kelly, Joseph F. Knight,
28 Edward J. McClemand, James Summer, and Leroy H. Vokes; and
29 WHEREAS, We join with the people of Chicago in saluting
30 the Congressional Medal of Honor recipients; therefore, be it
31 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL
32 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we pay tribute and
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1 honor to the Congressional Medal of Honor recipients and to
2 all veterans and thank them for their heroic actions.