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OF
CONVIZA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In.the,Ma=e,r of R )
receipt of the,CcgWe•ayna.L Meda Z, )
Of fifMAti-diven.to Ser�earn Rul�r.�v )
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Am,ertca wVetera*w for their )
he a4miw World,War II ) Rej04&fo v97/ 26
WHEREAS, me nberkcwe,lona.,, Bay Area,
re,p;dZ4'Ltk,' a*t&
WHEREAS, the-Medalof f(onor Ckth&nat6o-n;khighestawcwcZ of valor, gFwen.to-
those,whose,gall 4u-t y under f.re goe4,above and.beyond,the,call/of duty; ands
WHEREAS, more,duvvov►.e-maUcytAfrica*vAmerica wfought6wWar1d,WarII, but
na►v.e,recea ved,a,Meda,of ff onor, a*wD
W fif£REAS, prior to-t4,k year, 433 Meda 4 JwLaL beeiv distyan4Ved, to-W orld�W ar II
veteranw for ex&"ne, valor a+%& bravery ivv battle; a*id,
WNER£AS, ovv Jaeu4a*y 13, 1997, ajer wtoretha►v 50 yearkof negZect, President
C Unto v awardea, the f aunili.P,k of s&vew A frCca.w A m,e rica vv heroes-of W orld,War II th6k
4gh e st award,pcW ble, the-Congrey on cO.,Medab of f fonor, a*n.a,
WN£R£AS, SergeantRatvvvRwe -kwadoneof these-me+vwho-was-acknowledyea,fn-
h,0w,ro iu a ftr re fu4i to•leave.,his,conu-a lew aw a,Frenc , days,alter b"v
wowuled,s uxksI y encu 4v to-allow hinv to-go-hom&, avec,
NOW Th£R£FORE'8 E IT R£S0LVED, that the,Bcvwd,of Supervvsorkof Contra,Costa,Ccu my
doewrecog t4e,a4qc, honor theseve,n.Africa*vAm,ericawrecipient-ofthe-Covtgre%iona.L
Medal.of}f ovu>r, iv�L Sgt: Ru be wR Lverkand.h&fV�for the,lov�overdu ,
ack+iowledg-vne nt o f thed r heron-wv iw world.war II.
PASSED AND ADOPT£V ow January 21, 1997 by a, vote,oftheBoara,
nuami�et-�p resent:
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GayZe 8. uiikemw -Don�Gerber
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Ma,rk.�e.SauLvu.er Joe•Ca�u;tanruilw
I hereby certtfy thatd-weafore�c*a tru&a*d.correctcopy of order ent¢red.owth&M Ofsai&'Bcvwd ofSuperv4arkow
the,af{oreaai&daze:
WXKZ4-by hand.and.t3u feal�of t3�Soard of
Saperyaary�ed.t 4twenty-flrstday of
Ja+Lua+y,1997.
PHIL SAMNELM,CUr*,of the•Soard.of
SuperVUorka*ui CouMZyAdm4U6tratDr
Deputy Clerk,