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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, U.S. Army Private First Class Michael Fletcher of |
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Pasadena has returned home from Iraq after sustaining serious |
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injuries in service to his country, and he is being honored at a |
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reception on March 2, 2007; and |
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WHEREAS, Deployed to Iraq in June 2006, Private Fletcher |
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served as a mortarman on a Stryker Brigade Combat Team; he was |
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wounded in January 2007 when a rocket-propelled grenade hit his |
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Stryker unit; after receiving emergency surgery in Iraq and |
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reconstructive surgery in Germany, he underwent rehabilitative |
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treatment in San Antonio; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on August 21, 1984, Michael Fletcher graduated |
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in 2002 from Sam Rayburn High School and went on to attend San |
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Jacinto Community College, where he studied auto mechanics; he |
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worked for Rhodes Automotive and PMA Mastertech before joining the |
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army in 2004; before deployment, he was based at Fort Lewis, |
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Washington; and |
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WHEREAS, Americans owe a profound debt of gratitude to |
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Private Fletcher and to all of the country's military personnel, |
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for they are called on to bear great, often unimaginable, burdens, |
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and they render service and sacrifice that is truly beyond measure; |
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through his unfaltering devotion to duty, honor, and this nation, |
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he embodies the highest ideals of the U.S. armed forces, and he has |
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earned the lasting respect and gratitude of all who know him; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby commend U.S. Army Private First Class Michael |
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Fletcher for his brave and steadfast service in Iraq and extend to |
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him sincere best wishes for his continuing recovery; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Private Fletcher as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Talton |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 616 was adopted by the House on |
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February 28, 2007, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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