Illinois HR 301: COMMEND-SFC KATSOOLIAS HWY

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 Illinois General Assembly

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 HR0301 - 104th General Assembly 

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1HOUSE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois House of 

3Representatives pays honor and respect to those who have 

4served our country and, in doing so, have made the ultimate 

5sacrifice for our 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

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1 WHEREAS, SFC Katsoolias is memorialized on the Courts of 

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

3and

4 WHEREAS, The Heroes Way Designation Program through the 

5Illinois Department of Transportation honors fallen Illinois 

6heroes who have been killed in action while performing active 

7military duty with the United States Armed Forces and has 

8designated Route 59 in West Chicago from Route 38 to Route 64 

9as the SFC Theodore A. Katsoolias Memorial Highway; therefore, 

10be it

11 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 

12HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 

13we commend the designation of the SFC Theodore A. Katsoolias 

14Memorial Highway as part of the Heroes Way Designation Program 

15through the Illinois Department of Transportation; and be it 

16further

17 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 

18presented to the family of SFC Katsoolias.