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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION 743
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2 | WHEREAS, The Vietnam War was fought in Vietnam from 1961 | ||||||
3 | to 1975 and involved North Vietnam and the Viet Cong in | ||||||
4 | conflict with the United States Armed Forces and South | ||||||
5 | Vietnam; and
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6 | WHEREAS, The United States became involved by serving in | ||||||
7 | an advisory role to the South Vietnamese in 1961; and
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8 | WHEREAS, In 1965, United States Armed Forces ground combat | ||||||
9 | units arrived in Vietnam, and by the end of that year, there | ||||||
10 | were 80,000 United States troops in Vietnam with a peak of | ||||||
11 | approximately 500,000 troops in 1969; and
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12 | WHEREAS, On January 27, 1973, the Treaty of Paris was | ||||||
13 | signed, which required the release of all United States | ||||||
14 | prisoners-of-war held in North Vietnam and the withdrawal of | ||||||
15 | all United States Armed Forces from South Vietnam; by March | ||||||
16 | 30, 1973, the United States Armed Forces completed the | ||||||
17 | withdrawal of combat troops from Vietnam; and
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18 | WHEREAS, More than 58,000 members of the United States | ||||||
19 | Armed Forces lost their lives in Vietnam, and more than | ||||||
20 | 300,000 members of the Armed Forces were wounded; and
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1 | WHEREAS, In 1982, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was | ||||||
2 | dedicated in Washington, D.C. to commemorate those members of | ||||||
3 | the United States Armed Forces who died or were declared | ||||||
4 | missing-in-action in Vietnam; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Members of the United States Armed Forces who | ||||||
6 | served bravely and faithfully for the United States during the | ||||||
7 | Vietnam War were caught upon their return home in the | ||||||
8 | crossfire of public debate about the involvement of the United | ||||||
9 | States in the Vietnam War; and
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10 | WHEREAS, March 29th marks the anniversary of the day that | ||||||
11 | combat and combat support units withdrew completely from South | ||||||
12 | Vietnam; and
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13 | WHEREAS, On March 7, 2011, the 112th U.S. Congress agreed | ||||||
14 | to Senate Resolution 55, honoring veterans who served in | ||||||
15 | Vietnam by designating March 30th as "Welcome Home Vietnam | ||||||
16 | Veterans Day"; and
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17 | WHEREAS, The establishment of a "Welcome Home Vietnam | ||||||
18 | Veterans Day" is an appropriate way to honor those members of | ||||||
19 | the United States Armed Forces who served in Vietnam during | ||||||
20 | the Vietnam War; therefore, be it
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21 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
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1 | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
2 | we declare March 29, 2022 as "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans | ||||||
3 | Day" in the State of Illinois; and be it further
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4 | RESOLVED, That all citizens of the State of Illinois are | ||||||
5 | encouraged to honor our Vietnam veterans.
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