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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 509
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In Memory |
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Lori Piestewa |
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and |
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commemorates the life of Specialist Lori Piestewa, of |
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Tuba City, Arizona, who died on March 23, 2003, at the age of 23 |
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while serving her country in Operation Iraqi Freedom; and |
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WHEREAS, Lori Piestewa was serving in Iraq with the 507th |
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Army Ordnance Maintenance Company based at Fort Bliss; she and |
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other members of her unit were ambushed by Iraqi forces in |
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Nasiriyah after they stopped to repair stalled vehicles; and |
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WHEREAS, Lori was a Hopi Indian and was the daughter of a |
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Vietnam veteran and the granddaughter of a World War I veteran; |
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she was a source of great pride for the 8,200 people in the town |
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of Tuba City on the Navajo Reservation close to Hopi land; she was |
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the first American servicewoman to be killed in the war in Iraq; |
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she was the mother of two children; and |
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WHEREAS, Specialist Piestewa was an honorable patriot who |
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served her country faithfully and courageously; for her |
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dedication and loyalty to her country, the State of Texas and |
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this nation are eternally grateful; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, |
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80th Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the life of Specialist |
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Lori Piestewa and extend sincere condolences to her bereaved |
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family; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared as an |
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expression of deepest sympathy from the Texas Senate, and that |
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when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in memory of |
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Specialist Lori Piestewa. |
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Dewhurst, President of the Senate |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on March 19, 2007, by a |
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rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |