Bill Text: IA HR127 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A resolution honoring the service and sacrifice of Iowans who served or lost their lives in the Vietnam War.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 8-5)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-29 - Resolution adopted. H.J. 834. [HR127 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-HR127-Introduced.html
House
Resolution
127
-
Introduced
HOUSE
RESOLUTION
NO.
127
BY
LANDON
,
GUSTAFSON
,
MAXWELL
,
ALONS
,
VANDER
LINDEN
,
THOMAS
,
KEARNS
,
WINDSCHITL
,
PRICHARD
,
STANERSON
,
ISENHART
,
MEYER
,
and
SHAW
A
Resolution
honoring
the
service
and
sacrifice
of
1
Iowans
who
served
or
lost
their
lives
in
the
Vietnam
2
War.
3
WHEREAS,
a
ceremony
will
take
place
at
Iowa’s
4
Vietnam
War
Memorial
on
the
State
Capitol
complex
5
grounds
to
commemorate
the
50th
anniversary
of
the
6
beginning
of
the
United
States’
involvement
in
what
was
7
to
become
known
as
the
Vietnam
War;
and
8
WHEREAS,
for
the
United
States,
the
Vietnam
War
9
lasted
into
1975,
with
three
million
American
men
and
10
women
involved
in
the
conflict;
and
11
WHEREAS,
about
115,000
Iowans
served
in
the
Vietnam
12
War,
and
over
850
Iowans
lost
their
lives
during
that
13
war;
and
14
WHEREAS,
those
fallen
Iowans
came
from
hundreds
of
15
Iowa
cities
and
farms,
large
and
small,
from
Ackley
to
16
Yale,
leaving
thousands
of
friends
and
family
members
17
to
mourn
their
loss;
NOW
THEREFORE,
18
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES,
19
That
the
House
of
Representatives
urges
all
Iowans
to
20
reflect
back
50
years
to
the
beginning
of
the
United
21
States
military
action
in
Vietnam,
to
remember
the
22
sacrifice
of
thousands
of
Iowans
who
served
and
the
23
more
than
850
Iowans
who
lost
their
lives
during
the
24
Vietnam
War,
and
to
honor
the
service
and
memory
of
25
those
courageous
Iowans.
26
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