Bill Text: CA ACR63 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: United States Korean War Veterans Day.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 49-20)

Status: (Passed) 2013-09-09 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 108, Statutes of 2013. [ACR63 Detail]

Download: California-2013-ACR63-Enrolled.html

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BILL NUMBER: ACR 63	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	ADOPTED IN SENATE  AUGUST 19, 2013
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 27, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 27, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Nestande
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Allen, Atkins, Bloom, Blumenfield,
Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian Calderon,
Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley, Dahle, Daly,
Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia,
Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gorell, Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Harkey,
Roger Hernández, Holden, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Linder, Logue,
Lowenthal, Maienschein, Mansoor, Mitchell, Morrell, Muratsuchi,
Nazarian, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, John A. Pérez, V. Manuel
Pérez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner,
Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, and Yamada)

                        JUNE 5, 2013

   Relative to United States Korean War Veterans Day.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 63, Nestande. United States Korean War Veterans Day.
   This bill would recognize June 25, 2013, and every June 25th
thereafter as United States Korean War Veterans Day.



   WHEREAS, The Korean War was initiated by the North Korean People's
Army on June 25, 1950, at 4:30 a.m., when it crossed the 38th
Parallel and invaded the Republic of Korea with 135,000 soldiers; and

   WHEREAS, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of
America, ordered the United States Army's 24th Infantry Division to
be deployed to South Korea to repulse the invaders; and
   WHEREAS, The officers and enlisted personnel assigned to the
United States Army's 24th Infantry Division engaged the North Korean
People's Army on July 5, 1950, just 10 short days after the initial
invasion; and
   WHEREAS, The men and women of the California National Guard, the
United States Army, the United States Marine Corps, the United States
Navy, the United States Air Force, and the United States Coast Guard
fought with valor, gallantry, and distinction to rebuff and repel
the North Korean invaders and their allies from the People's Republic
of China; and
   WHEREAS, The men and women of the United States Armed Forces and
the South Korean Armed Forces were joined in fierce combat by many
allied nations under the banner of the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization; and
   WHEREAS, Thirty-three thousand six hundred eighty-six members of
the United States Armed Forces died in battle during the 36 months
the war raged, another 8,176 were declared missing in action, and
thousands more were wounded by enemy fire, and some 2,611
Californians died in the fierce fighting that was the Korean War; and

   WHEREAS, June 25, 2013, will mark the 60th anniversary of the
beginning of the Korean War and it is vital to recognize this war and
these warriors who stopped the spread of communist aggression and
communism into South Korea; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That June 25, 2013, and every June 25th
thereafter, shall be known in the State of California, its counties,
and its cities as United States Korean War Veterans Day in formal
recognition by this state of the patriotism, valor, fidelity, and
sacrifices of the members of the California National Guard, the
United States Army, the United States Marines, the United States
Navy, the United States Coast Guard, and federal and state reserve
personnel; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.