[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 568 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 568

  Honoring and expressing gratitude to the 1st Battalion of the 133rd 
      Infantry (``Ironman Battalion'') of the Iowa National Guard.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 25, 2007

    Mr. Braley of Iowa (for himself, Mr. Skelton, Mr. Boswell, Mr. 
Loebsack, Mr. Latham, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Murphy of Connecticut, Mr. 
Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Shuler, Mr. Hare, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Welch of 
     Vermont, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Lynch, Mr. 
Ellsworth, Mrs. Boyda of Kansas, Mrs. Davis of California, Ms. Linda T. 
 Sanchez of California, Mr. Sestak, Ms. Castor, Mr. Kind, Mr. Spratt, 
Mr. Patrick J. Murphy of Pennsylvania, Mr. Kagen, Mr. Klein of Florida, 
  Mr. Walz of Minnesota, Mr. Tierney, Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Mr. 
    Ellison, Mr. Hodes, Mr. Mahoney of Florida, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. 
    Edwards, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Roskam, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. 
Hinojosa, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Carney, Mr. Allen, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Pomeroy, 
    Ms. Sutton, Mr. Space, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Altmire, Mr. Smith of 
 Nebraska, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. 
 Oberstar, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mr. Moran of Kansas, Ms. Shea-Porter, 
  Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. 
 Snyder, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Meek of Florida, Mr. Sali, Mr. 
 David Davis of Tennessee, Mr. Terry, Ms. Herseth Sandlin, Mr. Platts, 
Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Jordan of Ohio, and Ms. Fallin) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                           on Armed Services

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Honoring and expressing gratitude to the 1st Battalion of the 133rd 
      Infantry (``Ironman Battalion'') of the Iowa National Guard.

Whereas 476 members of the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry of the Iowa National 
        Guard were mobilized for active duty in September and October of 2005;
Whereas 80 members of the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry have been providing 
        essential support to the Battalion from Iowa National Guard 
        installations in Waterloo, Iowa, and Dubuque, Iowa, and at least 490 
        members of the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry were deployed to Iraq in 
        April and May of 2006;
Whereas the members of the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry have been serving 
        bravely and honorably since those dates in the al-Anbar Province of 
        Iraq, one of the most dangerous parts of the country;
Whereas the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry deployed as part of the 1st Brigade 
        Combat Team of the 34th Infantry Division, which has completed the 
        longest continuous deployment of any Army National Guard unit during 
        Operation Iraqi Freedom;
Whereas the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry is the longest-serving Iowa Army 
        National Guard unit since World War II;
Whereas the CBS program ``60 Minutes'' devoted an entire hour to telling the 
        story of the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry on May 27, 2007;
Whereas the members of the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry have completed over 500 
        missions providing security for convoys operating in the al-Anbar 
        Province;
Whereas the members of the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry have logged over 4 
        million mission miles, and have delivered over one-third of the fuel 
        needed to sustain coalition forces in Iraq;
Whereas the members of the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry have detained over 60 
        insurgents;
Whereas the members of the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry were scheduled to 
        return home in April 2007, but had their tours of duty extended until 
        July 2007;
Whereas the members of the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry left behind civilian 
        jobs, friends, and families in order to serve the United States;
Whereas 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry members Sergeant 1st Class Scott E. Nisely 
        and Sergeant Kampha B. Sourivong gave the ultimate sacrifice for their 
        country when they were tragically killed during combat operations near 
        Al Asad, Iraq, on September 30, 2006; and
Whereas the United States will be forever indebted to the soldiers and families 
        of the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry for their sacrifices and their 
        contributions to the United States mission in Iraq: Now, therefore be it
    Resolved,  That the House of Representatives honors and expresses 
gratitude for the service and sacrifices of the members and families of 
the 1st Battalion of the 133rd Infantry of the Iowa National Guard upon 
their return home from their deployment in Iraq.
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