Bill Text: OH HCR44 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: To honor and commemorate veterans of the Vietnam War
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 46-21)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-05-29 - To State & Local Government & Veterans Affairs [HCR44 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2011-HCR44-Enrolled.html
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Representative Beck
Cosponsors:
Representatives Johnson, Landis, Bubp, Butler, Hagan, C., Martin, Milkovich, Rosenberger, Young, Yuko, Adams, R., Anielski, Antonio, Baker, Barnes, Blair, Boyce, Brenner, Buchy, Celebrezze, Celeste, Cera, Combs, Conditt, Damschroder, Derickson, DeVitis, Dovilla, Duffey, Fende, Gardner, Garland, Grossman, Hackett, Hall, Hayes, Heard, Hill, Hottinger, Kozlowski, Letson, Lynch, Maag, McClain, McGregor, Murray, Newbold, O'Brien, Patmon, Phillips, Pillich, Ramos, Roegner, Ruhl, Scherer, Sears, Slaby, M., Smith, Sprague, Sykes, Szollosi, Terhar, Thompson, Uecker, Winburn Speaker Batchelder
To honor and commemorate veterans of the Vietnam War | 1 |
who served during the Mayaguez incident and the | 2 |
subsequent battle on Koh Tang Island that | 3 |
commenced on May 12, 1975. | 4 |
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE SENATE CONCURRING):
WHEREAS, United States Armed Forces served in Vietnam for a | 5 |
period of twenty years; and | 6 |
WHEREAS, Over 8,744,000 members served in the United States | 7 |
Armed Forces during the Vietnam War era; and | 8 |
WHEREAS, Over 58,000 United States service members, and over | 9 |
3,000 Ohio service members, perished in the Vietnam War; and | 10 |
WHEREAS, Over 300,000 United States service members were | 11 |
wounded in the Vietnam War; and | 12 |
WHEREAS, Efforts to recover those missing in action continue; | 13 |
and | 14 |
WHEREAS, Although the last American combat soldiers left | 15 |
South Vietnam in March 1973, military advisors and Marines | 16 |
remained to protect U.S. installations; and | 17 |
WHEREAS, On May 12, 1975, less than two weeks after the Fall | 18 |
of Saigon, the Khmer Rouge seized the Mayaguez, an American | 19 |
container ship; and | 20 |
WHEREAS, United States Armed Forces commenced a rescue | 21 |
mission; and | 22 |
WHEREAS, The mission to liberate the Mayaguez, and the | 23 |
subsequent battle on Koh Tang Island, is considered the last | 24 |
combat mission in the Vietnam War; now therefore be it | 25 |
RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 129th General Assembly | 26 |
of the State of Ohio, honor and commemorate veterans of the | 27 |
Vietnam War who served during the Mayaguez incident and the | 28 |
subsequent battle on Koh Tang Island; and be it further | 29 |
RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives | 30 |
transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to the | 31 |
President of the United States, the Secretary of the United States | 32 |
Department of Defense, the members of the Ohio Congressional | 33 |
delegation, the Governor of Ohio, and the news media of Ohio. | 34 |