Bill Text: TX HCR158 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-06-01 - Received from the House [HCR158 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HCR158-Introduced.html
| 89R32831 EME-D | ||
| By: Lowe | H.C.R. No. 158 | |
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| WHEREAS, September 2, 2025, will mark the 80th anniversary of | ||
| the end of World War II; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Although the Allies celebrated Victory in Europe Day | ||
| on May 8, 1945, war continued to rage in the Pacific Theater; Japan, | ||
| which had never surrendered to a foreign power, inflicted horrific | ||
| carnage during ferocious battles for Iwo Jima and Okinawa; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In the summer of 1945, U.S. President | ||
| Harry S. Truman met with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill | ||
| and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin at the Potsdam Conference; their | ||
| discussions extended from the occupation of postwar Germany and the | ||
| future of Eastern Europe to the still-grinding war with Japan; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Following the fall of Okinawa in June 1945, | ||
| U.S. forces began to prepare for an invasion of Japan; however, | ||
| President Truman feared even heavier casualties than the U.S. had | ||
| suffered at Iwo Jima and Okinawa and decided to use the fearsome | ||
| weapon developed during a top-secret operation code-named the | ||
| Manhattan Project; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The United States dropped the first atomic bomb on | ||
| Hiroshima on August 5, 1945; it followed with a second over Nagasaki | ||
| two days later; finally acknowledging that defeat was inevitable, | ||
| the Japanese government agreed to unconditional surrender; Japan | ||
| issued a statement declaring its full assent to the terms of the | ||
| Potsdam Declaration; and | ||
| WHEREAS, On September 2, U.S. General Douglas MacArthur | ||
| accepted Japan's formal surrender aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo | ||
| Bay, and Victory over Japan Day, popularly known as V-J Day, was | ||
| officially celebrated across the United States; crowds rejoiced and | ||
| waved flags from New York City's Times Square to San Francisco and | ||
| Honolulu, as marching bands, parades, and confetti filled the | ||
| streets; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The conclusion of World War II brought peace and the | ||
| triumph of freedom over tyranny, and the anniversary of V-J Day | ||
| provides an opportunity to reflect on the patriotism and valor that | ||
| defined the Greatest Generation; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 89th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. | ||
