Illinois HJR 9: MEMORIAL REV EUGENE L BUNGAY

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HJ0009LRB104 08742 MST 18796 r

1HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General 

3Assembly pays honor and respect to those who have served our 

4country and, in doing so, have made the ultimate sacrifice for 

5our nation; and

6 WHEREAS, Sergeant First Class Theodore Alexander 

7Katsoolias served in the U.S. Army as a member of 1st 

8Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division; and

9 WHEREAS, On November 25, 1950, approximately 300,000 

10Chinese Communist Forces launched a counteroffensive against 

11U.N. forces after crossing the Yalu River; SFC Katsoolias' 

12unit was positioned near the Chongchon River and soon came 

13under intense attack; unable to halt the enemy advance and in 

14danger of being surrounded, his unit pulled back and was 

15forced to fight against enemy pursuit while also attempting to 

16break through well-defended roadblocks; the withdrawal was not 

17complete until early December and inflicted extremely heavy 

18casualties on his unit; and

19 WHEREAS, SFC Katsoolias went missing at some point during 

20the withdrawal to Kujang; he was never reported as a prisoner 

21of war, and his remains have not been recovered; and

HJ0009- 2 -LRB104 08742 MST 18796 r

1 WHEREAS, SFC Katsoolias is memorialized on the Courts of 

2the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific; 

3therefore, be it

4 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 

5HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE 

6SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate Route 59 in West 

7Chicago from Route 38 to Route 64 as the "SFC Theodore A. 

8Katsoolias Memorial Highway"; and be it further

9 RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transpor