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2002 SESSION
WHEREAS, on September 11, 2001, terrorists launched a violent attack on the United States, causing great destruction and horrible human suffering in New York, Virginia, and Pennsylvania; and
WHEREAS, the attack had a devastating effect in Virginia, home of the Pentagon and of many of the personnel, military and civilian, who served there; and
WHEREAS, among the victims of the Pentagon attack was Commander Patrick W. Dunn of Springfield, a naval officer who worked as a planner and strategist in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations; and
WHEREAS, a native of New Jersey, Commander Dunn was a graduate of the United States Naval Academy who was commissioned in 1985, rose through the ranks, served as an officer on several ships, and was slated to be assigned next as captain of a ship; and
WHEREAS, Commander Dunn was from a Navy family, with a father who was a career Navy man who had served in World War II and Korea and a brother who was a fellow Naval Academy graduate; and
WHEREAS, among his numerous awards, Commander Dunn earned four Navy/Marine Corps Commendation Medals; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly note with sadness the loss of Commander Patrick W. Dunn, a victim of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States; and, be it
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of Commander Patrick W. Dunn as an expression of the heartfelt condolences of the General Assembly of Virginia.