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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING ROBERT KENYON ON RECEIVING HIS LONG OVERDUE

MILITARY MEDALS EARNED WHILE SERVING OUR NATION IN WORLD WAR II

     Introduced By: Representatives Lima, and Nardolillo

     Date Introduced: February 03, 2015

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, It is with great pride that his House has learned that Robert Kenyon, a

Rhode Islander currently living in Port Charlotte, Florida, has finally received the medals he

earned for his heroic service to our nation in World War II; and

     WHEREAS, In the Second World War, Robert Kenyon, like most men of his generation,

answered the call of duty during our nation’s greatest time of peril. He joined the United States

Naval Reserve and experienced heavy combat in the Pacific Theater. Late in the war, on August

9, 1945, while serving below deck in the generator room aboard the destroyer USS Borie, in

Tokyo Bay, a kamikaze crashed into the ship killing 48 men and wounding 66 others. The USS

Borie was the last United States destroyer to be hit by a kamikaze in World War II and the

memories of that tragic day have stayed with Mr. Kenyon to the present; and

     WHEREAS, On November 4, 2014, for his heroic service to our nation, Robert Kenyon

was presented by United States Congressman Tom Rooney, of Florida, the following six medals:

The United States Navy Good Conduct Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the American

Campaign Medal, the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal (with 3 Bronze Star appurtenances), the

European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, and the Combat Action Ribbon; and

     WHEREAS, After the war, Robert Kenyon worked for a Providence gas company for 43

years before retiring to Florida. He has been married for 67 years to the love of his life, Lucy

Kenyon; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations hereby congratulates Robert Kenyon for recently receiving his long

overdue military medals for his heroic service to our nation in World War II; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mr. Robert Kenyon.

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