House Resolution 51 - Introduced HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 51 BY PAULSEN , UPMEYER , and McCARTHY A Resolution honoring the service, courage, and 1 sacrifice of United States Army Staff Sergeant 2 Salvatore Augustine Giunta. 3 WHEREAS, Salvatore Augustine Giunta is a life-long 4 Iowan, born in Clinton and raised in Cedar Rapids and 5 Hiawatha; and 6 WHEREAS, Staff Sergeant Giunta enlisted in the 7 United States Army in 2003 and has served two tours of 8 duty in Afghanistan; and 9 WHEREAS, on October 25, 2007, Staff Sergeant Giunta 10 was in the desolate Korengal Valley in Afghanistan as 11 part of a patrol with other soldiers of Company B, 2nd 12 Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne 13 Brigade, United States Army; and 14 WHEREAS, when ambushed by heavily armed Taliban 15 insurgents, Staff Sergeant Giunta acted only for the 16 protection of his wounded comrades, engaging the enemy, 17 pulling the wounded from the line of fire, and rescuing 18 a wounded soldier from certain capture; and 19 WHEREAS, the Medal of Honor is the highest award 20 for valor in action against an enemy force which can 21 be bestowed upon a soldier serving in the armed forces 22 of the United States; and 23 WHEREAS, for his selfless and courageous actions 24 Staff Sergeant Giunta was awarded the Medal of Honor by 25 President Barack Obama on November 16, 2010; and 26 WHEREAS, Staff Sergeant Giunta is the first living 27 Medal of Honor recipient since Vietnam; NOW THEREFORE, 28 -1- LSB 1382YH (6) 84 jr/rj 1/ 2

H.R. 51 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, That 1 the House of Representatives, on behalf of all Iowans, 2 honors our state’s native son Salvatore Augustine 3 Giunta, a soldier both courageous and humble, whose 4 actions bring honor to himself and all the soldiers of 5 the 173rd Airborne Brigade, and expresses its gratitude 6 for his service to his comrades and his country. 7 -2- LSB 1382YH (6) 84 jr/rj 2/ 2