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2021 2021
ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH LEGISLATURE
FIRST SESSION
LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION 33
Introduced by Arch, 14.
WHEREAS, William "Bill" Harrington, a resident of Papillion Manor in
Papillion, Nebraska, first began his long and distinguished military service to
the United States of America as a member of his high school's Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps program in Georgia; and WHEREAS, Bill was a member of a Georgia National Guard unit sent by
President Franklin D. Roosevelt to protect the coast of Georgia with antiaircraft artillery; and WHEREAS, Bill was commissioned into the United States Army and assigned to
the infantry on February 2, 1941, his 21st birthday; and WHEREAS, Bill transferred to the United States Army Air Corps and became a navigator; and WHEREAS, Bill was deployed to serve his country in World War II as a bombardier, flying over 50 missions throughout Europe in a B-24; and WHEREAS, after the war while stationed in Ft. Worth, Texas, Bill was a member of the 11th Bomb Wing flying both in a B-36 and in a B-52; and WHEREAS, Bill was stationed at Offutt Air Force Base in 1961 as the Director of Operation Training; and WHEREAS, Bill retired as a Colonel in the Air Force in 1963; and WHEREAS, William "Bill" Harrington reached 101 years of age on February 2,
2021.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH
LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA, FIRST SESSION:
1. That the Legislature wishes William "Bill" Harrington a happy 101st birthday and thanks him for his dedication and service to our country.
2. That a copy of this resolution be sent to William "Bill" Harrington.
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