House Resolution 104 - Introduced

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  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. ___
  1  2  BY  WHITAKER, WISE, HEATON, GREINER, GASKILL, SANDS,
  1  3     COHOON, SWAIM, DE BOEF, MILLER, THOMAS, HUTTER,
  1  4     D. TAYLOR, WATTS, BAUDLER, SHOMSHOR, REASONER,
  1  5     DOLECHECK, KURTENBACH, DANDEKAR, BOAL, HEDDENS,
  1  6   GRANZOW, STRUYK, LUKAN, REICHERT, HUSEMAN, HUNTER,
  1  7     PETTENGILL, TYMESON, BERRY, EICHHORN, KRESSIG,
  1  8   DAVITT, MURPHY, D. OLSON, BUKTA, PETERSEN, JACOBY,
  1  9                       and TJEPKES
  1 10 A Resolution to honor the 224th Engineering Battalion
  1 11    of the Iowa National Guard for its service and
  1 12    sacrifice in the Iraq War.
  1 13    WHEREAS, the 224th Engineering Battalion of the
  1 14 Iowa National Guard is based in Fairfield and has
  1 15 units in Burlington, Keokuk, Mount Pleasant, and
  1 16 Ottumwa; and
  1 17    WHEREAS, about 500 soldiers of the 224th have
  1 18 returned to Iowa after a year on duty in Iraq; and
  1 19    WHEREAS, to date that contingent of the 224th is
  1 20 the largest Iowa group which has returned from Iraq;
  1 21 and
  1 22    WHEREAS, the work of the 224th was long, hard, and
  1 23 dangerous, including finding and disarming the so=
  1 24 called "improvised explosive devices"; and
  1 25    WHEREAS, that deadly work has saved countless lives
  1 26 and earned the 224th the respect and gratitude of
  1 27 soldiers throughout Iraq; and
  1 28    WHEREAS, during that service four members of the
  1 29 224th were killed and 30 members were wounded; NOW
  1 30 THEREFORE,
  2  1    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  2  2 That the House of Representatives thanks the soldiers
  2  3 of the 224th Engineering Battalion of the Iowa
  2  4 National Guard for their service in Iraq; and
  2  5    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the House of
  2  6 Representatives honors the memory of Specialist Casey
  2  7 Byers, Specialist Seth Garceau, 2nd Lieutenant Richard
  2  8 B. "Brian" Gienau, and Specialist John W. Miller, who
  2  9 gave their lives in service to their country and to
  2 10 the cause of freedom.
  2 11 LSB 5652HH 81
  2 12 jr:rj/gg/14.1