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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the |
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| State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate the Chicago |
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| Southeast Side Vietnam Veterans on the occasion of their 20th |
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| anniversary on Saturday, October 14, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, The Chicago Southeast Side Vietnam Veterans was |
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| founded on September 8, 1986, by Ron Guranovich and Tim |
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| Jakubowski with a mission to assist and promote the welfare and |
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| well being of disabled and needy war veterans and their |
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| dependents and the widows and orphans of deceased veterans; the |
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| group is now led by President George Muszynski; and
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| WHEREAS, Over the years, the Chicago Southeast Side Vietnam |
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| Veterans have taken numerous steps to further their goals such |
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| as holding fundraisers to benefit hospitalized vets, providing |
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| job assistance, supporting local community groups with |
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| financial assistance, and working to free American servicemen |
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| held captive in Southeast Asia; and
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| WHEREAS, They have also devoted much of their time to |
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| honoring those who had fought in Vietnam; they were |
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| instrumental in the development of the Our Lady of Guadalupe |
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| memorial which recognizes the twelve parishioners who lost |
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| their lives while serving in Vietnam; they played a major role |
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| in the creation and subsequent restoration of the mural at the |
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| Our Lady of Guadalupe memorial which memorializes the solders |
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| with portraits; and
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| WHEREAS, Members of the Chicago Southeast Side Vietnam |
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| Veterans will celebrate twenty years of coming to the aid and |
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| assistance of their fellow soldiers; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |