RESOLUTION HONORING ROGER MCGILL'S MILTARY SERVICES AND RECOGNIZING HIS PARTICPATION IN THE HONOR FLIGHT PROGRAM
WHEREAS, Roger McGill, lifelong resident of North Mayfair in the Albany Park community area, will participate in an Honor Flight on May 11, 2022; and
WHEREAS, The Chicago City Council has been informed of Roger McGill's Honor Flight by the Honorable Samantha Nugent, Alderman ofthe 39th Ward; and
WHEREAS, Roger was drafted by the United States Army in 1964 and went to Ft. Knox, Kentucky for basic training and Cavalry Scout training, and was subsequently transferred to Ft. Hood, Kentucky and Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, before being deployed to Vietnam with the 25th Infantry Division; and
WHEREAS, Roger was honorably discharged from the Army in June 1966 and returned home to North Mayfair; and
WHEREAS, Even after returning home from service, Roger continued to serve: on the Mayor's Veterans Advisory Committee for 25 years; as the Co-Chairman of the Chicago Vietnam Veterans Memorial at the Riverwalk; as Co-Chairman of the Mayfair Veterans Memorial; and as the Program Chairman for the Chicago Vietnam Veterans Parade; and
WHEREAS, Roger and his wife Cathy have been married for 54 years and have three children and two grandchildren and still live in Mayfair; and
WHEREAS, The Honor Flight program is an all-expense paid, one-day trip filled with appreciation, tributes, memories, and gratitude to recognize America's senior war veterans by flying them to Washington, D.C. to tour the memorials built in their honor; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Mayor and members of the City Council of the City of Chicago, gathered here this twenty-third day of May, 2022, do hereby thank Roger McGill for his service and wish him a safe Honor Flight; and
SAMANTHA NUGENT Alderman, 39th Ward
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be prepared and presented to Roger McGill as a sign of our honor and respect.
