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To honor and commemorate veterans of the Vietnam War | 1 |
on the fifty-fifth anniversary of the first | 2 |
casualty of the war. | 3 |
WHEREAS, United States Armed Forces served in Vietnam for a | 4 |
period of twenty years; and | 5 |
WHEREAS, Over 8,744,000 served in the United States Armed | 6 |
Forces during the Vietnam War era; and | 7 |
WHEREAS, Over 58,000 United States service members, and over | 8 |
3,000 Ohioans, perished in the Vietnam War; and | 9 |
WHEREAS, Over 300,000 United States service members were | 10 |
wounded in the Vietnam War; and | 11 |
WHEREAS, Approximately 600 United States service members were | 12 |
held as prisoners of war during the conflict; and | 13 |
WHEREAS, Efforts to recover those missing in action continue; | 14 |
and | 15 |
WHEREAS, The Congress of the United States, in the Defense | 16 |
Authorization Act of 2008, established a program to coordinate, | 17 |
support, and facilitate other programs and activities of the | 18 |
federal government, state, and local governments, and other | 19 |
persons and organizations in commemoration of the Vietnam War; and | 20 |
WHEREAS, Veterans of the Vietnam War deserve continued | 21 |
recognition for their service and sacrifice; and | 22 |
WHEREAS, the first Vietnam War casualty recognized on the | 23 |
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., occurred in | 24 |
1956; now therefore be it | 25 |
RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 129th General Assembly | 26 |
of the State of Ohio, mindful of the fifty-fifth anniversary of | 27 |
the first casualty in the Vietnam War, honor and commemorate all | 28 |
who served this country during the Vietnam War era, and be it | 29 |
further | 30 |
RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives | 31 |
transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to the | 32 |
President of the United States, the Secretary of the United States | 33 |
Department of Defense, the members of the Ohio Congressional | 34 |
delegation, the Governor of Ohio, and the news media of Ohio. | 35 |