Bill Text: NJ SJR89 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Commemorates 71st anniversary of armistice that ended Korean War.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-06-13 - Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading [SJR89 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-SJR89-Amended.html
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
No. 89
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 15, 2024
Sponsored by:
Senator NILSA I. CRUZ-PEREZ
District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)
Senator GORDON M. JOHNSON
District 37 (Bergen)
SYNOPSIS
Commemorates 71st anniversary of armistice that ended Korean War.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee on June 13, 2024, with amendments.
A Joint Resolution commemorating the 1[70th] 71st1 anniversary of the armistice that ended the Korean War.
Whereas, The Korean War began on June 25, 1950, when the armed forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea invaded the Republic of Korea in a surprise and unprovoked attack along the 38th parallel, which is the border that separates the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea; and
Whereas, The Democratic People's Republic of Korea utilized military forces against the Republic of Korea in an attempt to reunify the peninsula under its communist rule, and in just three days the soldiers of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea seized Seoul, the capital of the Republic of Korea; and
Whereas, On June 27, 1950, the United Nations' Security Council passed a resolution declaring that the attack conducted by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea was a violation of peace, urging United Nation members to support the Republic of Korea in its defense; and
Whereas, The United Nations established a coalition of 22 countries, including Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, France, and the United States to assist the Republic of Korea by supplying fighting units as well as medical services; and
Whereas, Ninety percent of the soldiers deployed to assist the Republic of Korea were American soldiers and more than 1.7 million Americans served in the armed forces during the war; and
Whereas, More than 33,000 Americans died and more than 100,000 were injured during the war; and
Whereas, More than 191,000 New Jersey residents served in the military during the Korean War and 836 New Jersey residents were killed or missing in action during the war; and
Whereas, After three years of tragic warfare, an armistice was put in place on July 27, 1953, ending the Korean War even though the armistice was never officially signed, leaving the Korean peninsula in a tense and divided situation; and
Whereas, After the Korean War, the United States and the Republic of Korea signed a mutual defense treaty, which established an alliance between both countries; and
Whereas, This year marks the 1[70th] 71st1 anniversary of the alliance between the United States and the Republic of Korea that was formed through sacrifice and shared hardship; and
Whereas, Although the Korean War led to the death of 2.5 million individuals, this war is often referred to as the "forgotten war" for the lack of attention it has received, compared to other more well-known international conflicts; now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The State of New Jersey commemorates the 1[70th] 71st1 anniversary of the armistice that ended the Korean War on July 27, 1953.
2. Copies of this resolution, as filed with the Secretary of State, shall be transmitted by the Clerk of the General Assembly or the Secretary of the Senate to the Adjutant General of the New Jersey Department of Military and Veteran Affairs. The Adjutant General shall send copies of this resolution to Korean War veteran associations in New Jersey.
3. This joint resolution shall take effect immediately.
