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79R11590 KO-D

By:  Hilderbran                                                   H.R. No. 1072



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, United States Army Specialist Ryan L. Crunk of 
Kerrville has deservedly received the Purple Heart for heroic 
actions and injuries sustained in service to our country in Iraq; 
and
	WHEREAS, Established in 1782 during the Revolutionary War, 
the Purple Heart is awarded in the name of the president of the 
United States to members of the armed forces who are wounded in 
conflict with an enemy force or while held by an enemy force as a 
prisoner of war; and
	WHEREAS, Specialist Crunk, a paratrooper with the 325th 
Airborne Infantry Regiment, received the Purple Heart on March 17, 
2005, at Brooke Army Medical Center for injuries suffered from a 
grenade blast in Mosul, Iraq, on January 30; and
	WHEREAS, He was also awarded the Army Commendation Medal for 
meritorious service in support of ground combat operations against 
anti-Iraqi forces while assigned as a rifleman, in addition to a new 
unit coin with a white falcon emblem replacing the coin that was 
lost on the day of his injury; and
	WHEREAS, Through his unfaltering devotion to duty, honor, and 
this country, Specialist Crunk embodies the highest ideals of the 
armed forces and deserves the lasting respect and gratitude of all 
Americans; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas 
Legislature hereby honor U.S. Army Specialist Ryan L. Crunk on his 
receipt of the Purple Heart in recognition of his brave and 
steadfast service in this nation's behalf; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for Specialist Crunk as an expression of high regard by the 
Texas House of Representatives.