Bill Text: CA ACR127 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Assembly Concurrent Resolution 127 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Bataan Death March Veterans Commemoration Day.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4)

Status: (Passed) 2014-06-17 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 69, Statutes of 2014. [ACR127 Detail]

Download: California-2013-ACR127-Chaptered.html

BILL NUMBER: ACR 127	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  69
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JUNE 17, 2014
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  JUNE 5, 2014
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 12, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 27, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bonta
   (Coauthors: Senators De Le�n, Lieu, and Liu)

                        APRIL 1, 2014

   Relative to Bataan Death March Veterans Commemoration Day.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 127, Bonta. Bataan Death March Veterans Commemoration Day.
   This measure would declare April 9, 2014, and every April 9
thereafter, as Bataan Death March Veterans Commemoration Day.



   WHEREAS, On April 9, 1942, during World War II, the Japanese Army
forced 78,000 Filipino and American soldiers to march 82 miles from
Bataan to Camp O'Donnell; and
   WHEREAS, These soldiers endured brutal conditions and suffered
heinous war crimes along the march; and
   WHEREAS, Approximately 10,000 soldiers, both Filipino and
American, lost their lives during the march; and
   WHEREAS, The Bataan Death March was the greatest loss of American
and Filipino prisoners of war during World War II; and
   WHEREAS, Many survivors were forced to labor in prison camps in
the Philippines and Japan while prisoners of war; and
   WHEREAS, Californians owe a debt of gratitude to the soldiers who
gave up their freedom and perished in service of their countries to
preserve our freedoms and our lives; and
   WHEREAS, Knowledge of this historic event is passing out of living
memory as survivors pass away; and
   WHEREAS, The sacrifices made by American and Filipino veterans
during the Bataan Death March have received little state recognition
in California; and
   WHEREAS, The United States Federal Government annually recognizes
April 9 as National Former Prisoner of War Day; now, therefore, be it

   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature declares that a day be set
aside for appreciation of the veterans of the Bataan Death March and
a memoriam of the deceased; and be it further
   Resolved, That April 9, 2014, and each ninth day of April
hereafter, is hereby designated and commemorated as Bataan Death
March Veterans Commemoration Day; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.