Senate Bill sb2970

    Florida Senate - 2003        (NP)                      SR 2970

    By Senator Argenziano





    3-2354-03

  1                    Senate Resolution No. ____

  2         A resolution recognizing and honoring United

  3         States Marine Corps Lance Corporal Brian Rory

  4         Buesing.

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  6         WHEREAS, Brian Rory Buesing was born in Tampa, Florida,

  7  was raised in Pasco, Citrus, and Levy counties, and was

  8  educated in the public schools of Levy County, Florida,

  9  graduating in May 2000 from Cedar Key High School, and

10         WHEREAS, Brian was athletic, adventuresome, and

11  fearless, a popular, outgoing, and gregarious young man who

12  loved life, people, and the opportunity to lend a helping

13  hand, an All-American Boy who was a passionate patriot, and

14         WHEREAS, before graduating from high school, Brian knew

15  he wanted to follow the military paths of his grandfather, who

16  served in the United States Marine Corps and received a Silver

17  Star for his bravery under fire in the Korean War, and his

18  father, who also served in the United States Marine Corps, and

19         WHEREAS, in June 2000, Brian enlisted in the United

20  States Marine Corps, went to Boot Camp in North Carolina at

21  Parris Island, trained at Camp LeJeune and in Okinawa, and was

22  assigned to the 1st Batallion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine

23  Expeditionary Brigade, Weapons Platoon, an infantryman

24  specializing in firing mortars, and

25         WHEREAS, on Sunday, March 23, 2003, Brian and eight

26  other brave young men serving their country in the United

27  States Marine Corps were killed while disembarking from an

28  armed personnel carrier to approach a unit of Iraqi soldiers

29  who had signaled they were surrendering but began firing

30  rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons as the Marines

31  approached, and

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    Florida Senate - 2003        (NP)                      SR 2970
    3-2354-03




 1         WHEREAS, the tragic death of Brian Rory Buesing is an

 2  irreplaceable loss to his family, his community, the State of

 3  Florida, and the nation, NOW, THEREFORE,

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 5  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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 7         That the Florida Senate recognizes and honors United

 8  States Marine Corps Lance Corporal Brian Rory Buesing for his

 9  patriotic spirit, his selfless commitment to free an oppressed

10  people from tyrannical rule, his courageous actions when in

11  harm's way, and his legacy of giving his all to secure the

12  freedoms on which our nation was founded.

13         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution,

14  with the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to the

15  parents of Brian Rory Buesing as a token of the heartfelt

16  sympathy and the esteem of the Florida Senate.

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