House Resolution 37 - Introduced

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  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2      BY  KAUFMANN, QUIRK, ALONS, ANDERSON, ARNOLD,
  1  3       BAUDLER, BELL, BERRY, BOAL, BUKTA, CARROLL,
  1  4      CHAMBERS, COHOON, DANDEKAR, DAVITT, DE BOEF,
  1  5     DIX, DOLECHECK, DRAKE, EICHHORN, ELGIN, FALLON,
  1  6    FOEGE, FREEMAN, FREVERT, GASKILL, GIPP, GRANZOW,
  1  7    GREINER, HEATON, HEDDENS, HOFFMAN, HOGG, HORBACH,
  1  8    HUNTER, HUSEMAN, HUTTER, JACOBS, JACOBY, JENKINS,
  1  9     JOCHUM, JONES, KRESSIG, KUHN, KURTENBACH, LALK,
  1 10      LENSING, LUKAN, LYKAM, MADDOX, MASCHER, MAY,
  1 11  McCARTHY, MERTZ, MURPHY, OLDSON, D. OLSON, R. OLSON,
  1 12    S. OLSON, PAULSEN, PETERSEN, PETTENGILL, RAECKER,
  1 13     RANTS, RASMUSSEN, RAYHONS, REASONER, REICHERT,
  1 14     ROBERTS, SANDS, SCHICKEL, SCHUELLER, SHOMSHOR,
  1 15  SHOULTZ, SMITH, SODERBERG, STRUYK, T. TAYLOR, THOMAS,
  1 16  TJEPKES, TOMENGA, TYMESON, UPMEYER, VAN ENGELENHOVEN,
  1 17     J.K. VAN FOSSEN, J.R. VAN FOSSEN, WATTS, WENDT,
  1 18    WESSEL=KROESCHELL, WHITAKER, WHITEAD, WILDERDYKE,
  1 19             WINCKLER, WISE, and ZIRKELBACH
  1 20 A Resolution honoring America's Vietnam veterans.
  1 21    WHEREAS, from 1961 through 1973, the men and women
  1 22 of America's armed forces fought on behalf of the
  1 23 South Vietnamese people; and
  1 24    WHEREAS, almost 3.5 million Americans served in the
  1 25 Southeast Asia theater of war and more than 2.9
  1 26 million served in Vietnam itself; and
  1 27    WHEREAS, during that long conflict more than 58,000
  1 28 Americans gave their lives for freedom's sake and
  1 29 another 300,000 were wounded; and
  1 30    WHEREAS, Vietnam veterans today continue to be
  2  1 leaders in all walks of life and serve to make America
  2  2 a better place to live; and
  2  3    WHEREAS, Vietnam veterans can be proud of their
  2  4 legacy of devotion to the cause of freedom and service
  2  5 to America; NOW THEREFORE,
  2  6    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  2  7 That the House of Representatives, on behalf of all
  2  8 Iowans, humbly thanks America's Vietnam veterans for
  2  9 standing strong when they were needed and answering
  2 10 the challenge when they were called.
  2 11 LSB 3506YH 81
  2 12 jr:nh/cf/24