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1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. __
1 2 BY KRAMER
1 3 A Resolution honoring the Iowa members of the United
1 4 States Naval Armed Guard who served during World War II.
1 5 WHEREAS, In October 1941 the United States Navy
1 6 organized an Armed Guard to provide gun crews for duty
1 7 aboard the nation's merchant ships, just as it had
1 8 done in World War I; and
1 9 WHEREAS, the 144,970 men who volunteered for duty
1 10 in the Naval Armed Guard Service in World War II
1 11 played a key role in ensuring the delivery of
1 12 essential cargo and supplies to the Allied forces; and
1 13 WHEREAS, the Naval Armed Guard manned 6,236
1 14 American and Allied ships during the war, many of them
1 15 slow-moving ships packed with explosives or tankers
1 16 carrying aviation fuel, and 710 of those ships were
1 17 sunk as a result of enemy action; and
1 18 WHEREAS, the members of the Naval Armed Guard were
1 19 generally regarded as some of the finest officers, gun
1 20 crewmen, signalmen, and radiomen in the entire Navy,
1 21 and they performed an exceptionally dangerous duty
1 22 with courage, honor, and commitment; and
1 23 WHEREAS, by the end of the war, as many as 1,810 of
1 24 those heroic men were killed or lost at sea, and many
1 25 more were wounded; and
1 26 WHEREAS, there are 225 surviving members of the
1 27 Naval Armed Guard living here in Iowa today who have
1 28 earned the admiration and gratitude of all Americans;
1 29 NOW THEREFORE,
1 30 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Iowa Senate
2 1 recognizes the service and sacrifice of the officers
2 2 and men of the United States Naval Armed Guard Service
2 3 who valiantly defended the essential supply lines of
2 4 the Allied forces all over the world and at every
2 5 battle of World War II; and
2 6 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the citizens of Iowa
2 7 are especially indebted to the Iowa members of the
2 8 Naval Armed Guard for the exceptional contribution
2 9 they made in the service of their country.
2 10 LSB 3506SS 80
2 11 dea/cl
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