Senate Resolution 26 - Introduced

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2                        BY  RAGAN
  1  3 A Resolution commemorating the life and service of
  1  4    Command Sergeant Major Galen Kittleson of Toeterville,
  1  5    Iowa.
  1  6    WHEREAS, Iowa and the nation lost a remarkable man
  1  7 on May 4, 2006, with the passing of Command Sergeant
  1  8 Major Galen Kittleson; and
  1  9    WHEREAS, Command Sergeant Major Kittleson is
  1 10 remembered as a warrior, a liberator, and a patriot;
  1 11 and
  1 12    WHEREAS, Command Sergeant Major Kittleson's
  1 13 military service spanned four decades and active
  1 14 participation in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam; and
  1 15    WHEREAS, Command Sergeant Major Kittleson was the
  1 16 only person to serve as an Alamo Scout in World War II
  1 17 and later as a Green Beret; and
  1 18    WHEREAS, Command Sergeant Major Kittleson received
  1 19 three Silver Stars, three Bronze Stars, and the Purple
  1 20 Heart; and
  1 21    WHEREAS, Command Sergeant Major Kittleson helped
  1 22 free 511 prisoners who were on the Bataan Death March
  1 23 in the Philippines during World War II; and
  1 24    WHEREAS, Command Sergeant Major Kittleson formed
  1 25 the Boy Scout troop the Alamo Scouts of St. Ansgar,
  1 26 Iowa, in 1982, naming the unit after the group that
  1 27 was the forerunner to the U.S. Army Special Forces;
  1 28 and
  1 29    WHEREAS, unlike the old barracks ballad where "old
  1 30 soldiers never die, they just fade away", the life,
  2  1 exploits, and service of Command Sergeant Major
  2  2 Kittleson will be remembered for generations to come;
  2  3 and
  2  4    WHEREAS, the life of Command Sergeant Major
  2  5 Kittleson can be summed up in the words of his son who
  2  6 said:  "A poor farmer's son from Iowa, Kittleson
  2  7 traveled far from his roots, finding courage and
  2  8 faith.  And in doing so he earned the love of his
  2  9 family and the respect and gratitude of a nation.";
  2 10 and
  2 11    WHEREAS, Command Sergeant Major Kittleson was the
  2 12 subject of Charles W. Sasser's book, "Raider"; NOW
  2 13 THEREFORE,
  2 14    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate notes
  2 15 with sorrow the passing of Command Sergeant Major
  2 16 Galen Kittleson and honors his decades of dedicated
  2 17 service to his community, his country, and his family.
  2 18 LSB 2483SS 82
  2 19 jr:nh/gg/14