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IL HR1528
Resolution
Status
Passed
12/1/2010
Primary Sponsor
Sandy Cole
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AI Summary
- Honors Ivan D. Thunder of Grayslake, who died on October 29, 2010, at age 97.
- Recognizes his military service as lieutenant junior grade with the 133rd Naval Construction Battalion (SeaBees) during World War II, including commanding the first ship to successfully land at Iwo Jima on D-Day + 1.
- Acknowledges his career as a civil engineer with the American Society of Engineers, constructing roads, bridges, dams, power plants, and steel-making plants.
- Notes his later efforts to document his war experience through public speaking to students and Navy ROTC units, and authorship of two books about his life and the Pacific War.
- Directs presentation of a suitable copy of this resolution to Ivan Thunder's family as an expression of sympathy.
Legislative Description
MEMORIAL - IVAN THUNDER
Last Action
Resolution Adopted
12/1/2010
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