<div class="xtend"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A resolution<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>urging the President and the United States Congress to name the Rochester, Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>Veterans Outpatient Clinic in honor of Marine Corporal Charles "Chuck" Lindberg.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>WHEREAS, Charles Willard Lindberg was born June 26, 1920, in Grand Forks, North <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>Dakota; and  <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>WHEREAS, he entered the United States Marine Corps in Spokane, Washington, on <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>January 8, 1942; and  <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>WHEREAS, while serving in the Pacific in World War II with the 2nd Marine Raider <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>Battalion and Third Platoon, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 28th Regiment, 5th Marine Division, he, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>along with five other Marines, raised the original American Flag on Iwo Jima on February 23, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>1945; and  <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>WHEREAS, because of other acts of heroism and wounds received during the battle for <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>Iwo Jima, he was awarded the Silver Star Medal and the Purple Heart Medal; and  <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>WHEREAS, he now resides in Richfield, Minnesota, and is the last survivor of the original <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>Iwo Jima flag raising; and  <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>WHEREAS, Charles "Chuck" Lindberg continues to serve various veterans groups and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>organizations and remains dedicated to their future and to his country; NOW, THEREFORE,  <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota  that it urges the President <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>and the Congress  of the United States to name the Rochester, Minnesota Veterans Outpatient <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>Clinic the Marine Corporal Charles "Chuck" Lindberg Clinic.  <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of State of the  State of Minnesota is <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>directed to prepare copies of this  memorial and transmit them to the President of  the United States, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>the President and the Secretary of the  United States Senate, the Speaker and the Clerk of the United  <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>States House of Representatives and Minnesota's Senators and  Representatives in Congress.<br />
         		
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