HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 8

Recognizing and marking the ten year anniversary of the February 28, 1991 Persian Gulf War cease fire

WHEREAS, approximately three thousand New Hampshire men and women were among the over one-half million Americans who served in the Southwest Theater of Operations during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm; and

WHEREAS, under U.S. Allied Commander Norman Schwarzkopf these men and women participated and fought with Allied Forces to liberate the sovereign country of Kuwait; and

WHEREAS, members of New Hampshire reserve units, including the Army 744^th Transportation Company, 1159^th Medical Company, 94^th Military Police Company, elements of the Air Force 157^th Refueling Wing, 157^th Security Forces Squadron, 157^th Medical Squadron, the Navy Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare Unit 202, Ashore Mobile Communications Contingency Unit 4, Fleet Hospital 7, Naval Dental and Medical Service 101, Military Sealift Command, Mediterranean, and Company B, 1^st Battalion, 25^th Marine Regiment and individual New Hampshire reserve volunteers participated in and outside of the Southwest Theater of Operations with inspired duty and honorable service; and

WHEREAS, we wish to honor those American men and women who gave their lives during hostile and non-hostile activities as the ultimate price of freedom during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, including New Hampshire's Army Warrant Officer David G. Plasch, Army Private Second Class Todd C. Ritch, Army Specialist Wade E. Hector, Marine Captain Gary S. Dillon and Air Force Captain Michael L. Chinburg; and

WHEREAS, the State of New Hampshire has recognized the Persian Gulf veterans by enacting the Persian Gulf Veterans Service Bonus and by dedicating a state bridge in Concord in their honor; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, by the House of Representatives, in regular session convened, that heartfelt thanks be given to Persian Gulf veterans and their families in commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the Persian Gulf War Cease Fire.