Bill Text: CA SCR20 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Senate Concurrent Resolution 20 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Leyte Landing Commemoration Day.

Sponsorship: Broadly Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2013-08-29 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 87, Statutes of 2013. [SCR20 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SCR20-Chaptered.html

BILL NUMBER: SCR 20	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  87
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 29, 2013
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  AUGUST 22, 2013
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 19, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 19, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Yee
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Bonta, Achadjian, Alejo, Allen,
Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bradford, Brown,
Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau, Ch�vez, Chesbro, Conway,
Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier, Beth
Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gorell, Gray, Grove,
Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hern�ndez, Holden, Jones, Jones-Sawyer,
Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal, Maienschein, Mansoor, Medina,
Melendez, Mitchell, Morrell, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande,
Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, John A. P�rez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva,
Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski,
Wilk, Williams, and Yamada)

                        MARCH 4, 2013

   Relative to Leyte Landing Commemoration Day.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 20, Yee. Leyte Landing Commemoration Day.
   This measure would designate October 20, 2013, and each 20th day
of October thereafter, as Leyte Landing Commemoration Day in
recognition of the significance of the Leyte landing in liberating
the Philippines from Japanese occupation, helping to establish the
independence of the Philippines, and fostering closer ties between
the Philippines and the United States.



   WHEREAS, The Leyte Gulf Landing on October 20, 1944, led by
General Douglas MacArthur that commenced on the eastern Philippine
island of Leyte is remembered as the liberation of the Philippines
during World War II; and
   WHEREAS, After General MacArthur had been evacuated from the
Philippines in March 1942, all of its islands fell under the Japanese
occupation from mid-1942 until mid-1944, which was harsh,
accompanied by atrocities, and with large numbers of Filipinos
pressed into slave labor; and
   WHEREAS, When General Douglas MacArthur was ordered to leave he
had already established a strong rapport with the Filipino people and
the guerillas; he vowed, "I shall return" to liberate them and the
fulfillment of his promise is the reason that General MacArthur was
declared a hero; and
   WHEREAS, During the war the efforts of Filipino and American
defenders during the Battle of Bataan were widely covered by the
press, as were the actions of the 100th Infantry and the 442nd
Infantry, including the 1951 film "Go for Broke!" portraying their
endeavors; and
   WHEREAS, By contrast, the activities of the Filipino Infantry
Regiment and its sister units were largely unpublicized and it was
not until the documentaries "Unsung Heroes" and "An Untold Triumph"
that any significant visual media covered the history of the
regiment; and
   WHEREAS, During the American reconquest of the Philippines, the
Filipino guerrillas began to strike openly against Japanese forces,
carried out reconnaissance activities ahead of the advancing regular
troops, and took their places in battle beside the advancing American
divisions; and
   WHEREAS, One of the outcomes of the Leyte liberation was the
arrival of GI war brides coming home from the Philippines after World
War II to the United States, thus enlarging the growth of a new
generation of first and second generation Filipino American-born
offspring in the United States, a new milestone in the population
growth of Filipinos in the United States; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That October 20, 2013, and each 20th day of
October hereafter, is hereby designated and commemorated as Leyte
Landing Commemoration Day; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.