HM 77 — GRANT COUNTY & OTHER WW II VETERANS

HOUSEA MEMORIAL 77HONORING 53RDTHE LEGISLATURESACRIFICE -AND STATESERVICES OFRENDERED NEWBY MEXICOGRANT -COUNTY SECONDAND SESSION,OTHER 2018NEW INTRODUCEDMEXICO BYWORLD RebeccaWAR DowII andVETERANS. Richard C.

Martinez5 6WHEREAS, 8on 10August A14, MEMORIAL1945, HONORINGJapan THEformally SACRIFICEsurrendered, ANDending SERVICESWorld RENDEREDWar BYII, GRANTthe COUNTYbloodiest ANDconflict OTHERin NEWhuman MEXICOhistory; WORLD WAR II VETERANS.

14and WHEREAS, onGrant Augustcounty 14,residents 1945,Andrew JapanBryce, formallyJack surrendered,W. ending World War II, the bloodiest conflict in human history;

andBurk, eSamuel tP. 17 WHEREAS, Grant county residents Andrew Bryce, Jack W.

w l n d 18 Burk, Samuel P.

Daily, Felipe de Ortego y = = 19 a l Gasca, James W.

i a e r 20 Manning, Daniel M.

Miller, Porfirio Perez, a t m m 21 Leonard Pritikin, Lou E.

d r e 22 Rogers, Gene Stailey, Arthur K.

Lloyd, Robert c e s k 23 Johnson, Eugene Lewis and many other New Mexicans answered the e a n b 24 u [ nation's call and served with honor in the armed forces of the United States during that bloody conflict;

and .209854.1 WHEREAS, the devotion, sacrifice and service rendered by the men listed above and other men and women of New Mexico who served helped preserve and shape the freedoms and prosperity enjoyed by all New Mexicans today;

and WHEREAS, the selfless devotion of these men and women to 6 the nation and to the cause of freedom and human dignity everywhere should be remembered and honored every day, but certainly on Veterans' day when the nation honors all HM 77 veterans for their service for the common good;

Page 1 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that Grant county 12 residents Andrew Bryce, Jack W.

Rogers, Gene Stailey, Arthur e e 17 K.

Lloyd, Robert Johnson, Eugene Lewis and e e n d 18 those other New Mexicans who answered the nation's call and = = l ] 19 served with honor in the armed forces of the United States a l r i 20 during World War II should be honored;

and t e a t BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the governor be requested to m m 21 e d issue a proclamation on Veterans' day, November 11, 2018, r e 22 c e r c 23 honoring these men and women;

and e a n b 24 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be u [ transmitted to the office of the governor and the veterans' .209854.1 - 2 - services department.

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