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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General
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| 3 | Assembly pays honor and respect to the truly great individuals
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| 4 | who have served our country and, in doing so, have made the
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| 5 | ultimate sacrifice for our nation; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Specialist 4 Michael Harold Flood was born in | ||||||
| 7 | Effingham on October 1, 1948, the first child of Harold Joseph | ||||||
| 8 | and Anna Charlene (Crose) Flood; he, along with his siblings, | ||||||
| 9 | Patricia Marie (Turner), Daniel Joseph, Kathleen Ann | ||||||
| 10 | (Darling), Marlene Ann (Van Matre), Kevin Eugene, and Larry | ||||||
| 11 | Eugene, lived on the family farm in rural Toledo; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, SPC Flood started working with his father at a | ||||||
| 13 | young age, caring for cattle and pigs and working on farm | ||||||
| 14 | equipment; he started assisting with harvesting the crops as | ||||||
| 15 | soon as his feet could touch the pedals on the equipment; his | ||||||
| 16 | favorite class in high school was building and trades, which he | ||||||
| 17 | took all four years; his class built a new house every school | ||||||
| 18 | year on Route 121 near the high school; he loved building so | ||||||
| 19 | much that he decided after graduation he wanted to work full | ||||||
| 20 | time at the builder's supply store in Toledo; and | ||||||
| 21 | WHEREAS, SPC Flood joined the United States Army on April | ||||||
| 22 | 3, 1968; he was a combat medic assigned
to Company B, 1st | ||||||
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| 1 | Battalion, 506th Infantry, 101st Airborne; he was killed in | ||||||
| 2 | action on Good Friday, April 4, 1969 while on routine patrol | ||||||
| 3 | outside a
firebase above the Ashau Valley; he died
while | ||||||
| 4 | providing medical aid to others who were wounded in action; for | ||||||
| 5 | his
extraordinary bravery under fire, he was posthumously | ||||||
| 6 | awarded the Silver Star and the Bronze Star; and | ||||||
| 7 | WHEREAS, SPC Flood loved cars and the races; he aspired to | ||||||
| 8 | be a race car driver and perhaps one day race in Nascar when he | ||||||
| 9 | returned from Vietnam and completed his service; and | ||||||
| 10 | WHEREAS, Throughout high school, SPC Flood was active in | ||||||
| 11 | the Future Farmers of America and for 25 years his parents | ||||||
| 12 | provided a monetary award and trophy in his memory to an | ||||||
| 13 | outstanding FFA senior; therefore, be it
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| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 15 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE | ||||||
| 16 | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the segment of Illinois | ||||||
| 17 | Route 121 in Cumberland County between CR 1450 East and CR 1600 | ||||||
| 18 | East as the "SPC Michael Flood Memorial Highway"; and be it | ||||||
| 19 | further | ||||||
| 20 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
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| 21 | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with
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| 22 | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs
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| 1 | giving notice of the name
the "SPC Michael Flood Memorial | ||||||
| 2 | Highway"; and be it further
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| 3 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 4 | presented to the family of SPC Flood and the Secretary of | ||||||
| 5 | Transportation.
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