| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 2877 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Specialist Roy D. Donaldson, Jr., has rendered |
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| 6 | 6 | | valiant service to this state and nation as a member of the Texas |
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| 7 | 7 | | Army National Guard; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, With the encouragement of his father, retired Chief |
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| 9 | 9 | | Warrant Officer 2 Roy Donaldson, this patriotic young man enlisted |
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| 10 | 10 | | in the national guard in 2004, while he was still attending Bastrop |
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| 11 | 11 | | High School; he received his basic training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, |
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| 12 | 12 | | during the summer between his junior and senior years; and |
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| 13 | 13 | | WHEREAS, After graduating in 2006, Specialist Donaldson |
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| 14 | 14 | | trained as an aviation mechanic at Fort Eustis, Virginia, and from |
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| 15 | 15 | | October 2007 to February 2008, he received advanced individual |
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| 16 | 16 | | training as a crew chief, also at Fort Eustis; and |
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| 17 | 17 | | WHEREAS, Mobilized in March 2008 as a door gunner for Bravo |
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| 18 | 18 | | Company, 2-149 General Support Aviation Battalion, Specialist |
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| 19 | 19 | | Donaldson was deployed to Iraq in June 2008, where his company flies |
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| 20 | 20 | | and maintains heavy-lift Chinook helicopters out of Joint Base |
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| 21 | 21 | | Balad; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | WHEREAS, Seven soldiers of Bravo Company were lost in |
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| 23 | 23 | | September 2008 when their helicopter went down, and Specialist |
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| 24 | 24 | | Donaldson honors their memory and their sacrifice with his |
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| 25 | 25 | | continuing dedication to the mission and his determination to |
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| 26 | 26 | | become a Chinook pilot himself; and |
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| 27 | 27 | | WHEREAS, This brave young man enjoys the love and support of |
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| 28 | 28 | | his parents, retired Chief Warrant Officer 2 Roy D. Donaldson and |
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| 29 | 29 | | Ramona Donaldson, his grandparents, Hilbert and Judy Navarro and |
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| 30 | 30 | | James and Ardith Donaldson, his brother, Tomas Donaldson, his |
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| 31 | 31 | | sister, Mariah Donaldson, and his niece and nephew, Lyrica and |
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| 32 | 32 | | Dylan Donaldson; and |
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| 33 | 33 | | WHEREAS, Through his dedication to duty, honor, and this |
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| 34 | 34 | | country, Roy Donaldson, Jr., embodies the highest ideals of the |
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| 35 | 35 | | U.S. armed forces, and he has earned the lasting respect and |
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| 36 | 36 | | appreciation of every American; now, therefore, be it |
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| 37 | 37 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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| 38 | 38 | | Legislature hereby honor Texas Army National Guard Specialist Roy |
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| 39 | 39 | | D. Donaldson, Jr., for his steadfast service in Iraq and extend to |
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| 40 | 40 | | him sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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| 41 | 41 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 42 | 42 | | prepared for Specialist Donaldson as an expression of high regard |
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| 43 | 43 | | by the Texas House of Representatives. |
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| 44 | 44 | | McCall |
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| 45 | 45 | | Kleinschmidt |
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| 46 | 46 | | ______________________________ |
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| 47 | 47 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 48 | 48 | | I certify that H.R. No. 2877 was adopted by the House on June |
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| 49 | 49 | | 1, 2009, by a non-record vote. |
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| 50 | 50 | | ______________________________ |
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| 51 | 51 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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