WHEREAS, Sergeant David Bruce Bleak was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in Minari-gol, Korea on June 14, 1952; and

        WHEREAS, Sergeant Bleak felt and stated on numerous occasions that he did not wear the Medal of Honor for himself, but wore it for the people of the State of Idaho; and

        WHEREAS, Sergeant Bleak has been called to duty elsewhere and has left this mortal existence; and

        WHEREAS, Sergeant Bleak was desirous that his Medal of Honor be given to the people of Idaho; and

        WHEREAS, on June 14, 2007, the anniversary of his heroic action in Korea, Sergeant Bleak’s Medal of Honor will go on display at the Idaho Military History Museum for the people of Idaho to see and appreciate;

        NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that I, C.L. ‘Butch’ Otter, Governor of the State of Idaho, do hereby officially proclaim June 14, 2007, as

“SERGEANT DAVID BRUCE BLEAK DAY”

and encourage the citizens of Idaho to join in this observance by supporting all efforts to preserve Sergeant Bleak’s place in Idaho’s history.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Idaho at Boise, Idaho, on this 14th day of June in the year of our Lord two-thousand and seven and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred thirty-first and of the Statehood of Idaho the one hundred seventeenth.

BEN YSURSA
SECRETARY OF STATE