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St. Louis City Resolution Number 380 March 12, 2010 |
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WHEREAS, this Honorable Board of Alderman of the City of St. Louis has been apprised of the recent safe return to the United States of Lindsay Ann Gadell from assignment in Afghanistan for the U.S. Army; and; and
WHEREAS, Lindsay Anne Gadell served the citizens of the City of St. Louis and this entire country as a linguist for the 202nd Military Intelligence Battalion at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan; and
WHEREAS, while performing her duties as a linguist for the Army, Mrs. Gadell participated in the critical mission of the interrogation of enemy soldiers and others, thereby obtaining essential information for U.S. forces; and
WHEREAS, after serving with distinction and honor in a theater of war, Lindsay has returned to her home Army base of Fort Gordon, Georgia where she will finish her tour of duty and likewise her Army career; and
WHEREAS, Lindsay is happy to be reunited with her husband, Tyson Robert Gadell, to whom she was married on the top floor of our majestic City Hall mere weeks before her deployment to Afghanistan.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY the Board of Aldermen of the City of St. Louis that we pause in our deliberations to thank Lindsay Anne Gadell for her service to our country and to congratulate her on her safe return home to American soil and we further wish her a long, happy and joy filled life with Tyson as they begin their lives together, and we further direct the Clerk of this Board to spread a copy of this Resolution across the minutes of these proceedings and to prepare a commemorative copy to the end that it may be presented to our honoree at a time and place deemed appropriate by the Sponsor.
Introduced on the 12th day of March, 2010 by:
Honorable Stephen M. Gregali, Alderman 14th Ward
Adopted this the 12th day of March, 2010 as attested by:
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David W. Sweeney
Clerk, Board of Aldermen____________________________
Lewis E. Reed
President, Board of Aldermen