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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives of the State of Illinois were deeply saddened |
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| to learn of the death of Army National Guard Sergeant Shawna |
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| Morrison of Paris on September 5, 2004 in Baghdad, Iraq; and
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| WHEREAS, Sergeant Morrison, 26, was killed in a mortar |
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| attack on a United States Army compound on the outskirts of |
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| Baghdad; she was with the Army National Guard's 1544th |
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| Transportation Company out of Paris; and
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| WHEREAS, the 1544th is attached to the Army's 13th Corps |
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| Support Command, which oversees distribution of military fuel, |
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| food, water, and other supplies to United States forces across |
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| Iraq; Sergeant Morrison handled satellite and computer |
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| communications and drove a truck, and was working mostly in |
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| ensuring that communication was maintained between units; and
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| WHEREAS, Sergeant Morrison belonged to the track team and |
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| the flag corps at Paris High School; it was Sergeant Morrison's |
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| adventurous spirit that propelled her to seek the new, the |
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| different, the stimulating, in life; and
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| WHEREAS, While still in high school, Sergeant Morrison |
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| signed up for the Illinois Army National Guard, and in November |
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| 2003, while away in college in Champaign, she was called to |
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| active duty to serve in Iraq; and
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| WHEREAS, Sergeant Morrison often took fishing trips with |
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| her family, and she was known never to have minded threading a |
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| worm onto a hook; she will be remembered by many as a heroic |
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| young woman, deserving of honor; and
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| WHEREAS, Her death will be deeply felt by all who knew and |
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| loved her, especially her parents, Rick and Cindy Morrison, and |