Bill Text: IA HR108 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A resolution honoring the Iowans who were killed in or survived the attack on the USS Indianapolis on July 30, 1945.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-05 - Resolution adopted. H.J. 412. [HR108 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-HR108-Introduced.html
House
Resolution
108
-
Introduced
HOUSE
RESOLUTION
NO.
108
BY
KAUFMANN
,
BAUDLER
,
PETTENGILL
,
ALONS
,
HAGENOW
,
BYRNES
,
HEIN
,
SWEENEY
,
JORGENSEN
,
WORTHAN
,
ROGERS
,
HAGER
,
LOFGREN
,
UPMEYER
,
J.
TAYLOR
,
HANUSA
,
KEARNS
,
COHOON
,
RUNNING-MARQUARDT
,
WILLEMS
,
MUHLBAUER
,
BERRY
,
HEDDENS
,
THOMAS
,
WITTNEBEN
,
T.
TAYLOR
,
ISENHART
,
LYKAM
,
MURPHY
,
LENSING
,
WESSEL-KROESCHELL
,
ABDUL-SAMAD
,
GAINES
,
HALL
,
JACOBY
,
STECKMAN
,
HUNTER
,
WINCKLER
,
M.
SMITH
,
MASCHER
,
GASKILL
,
KRESSIG
,
KAJTAZOVIC
,
HANSON
,
H.
MILLER
,
OLDSON
,
PETERSEN
,
WOLFE
,
R.
OLSON
,
KELLEY
,
THEDE
,
T.
OLSON
,
McCARTHY
,
VANDER
LINDEN
,
SCHULTZ
,
J.
SMITH
,
SHAW
,
PEARSON
,
FRY
,
PAULSEN
,
DEYOE
,
ANDERSON
,
DE
BOEF
,
HUSEMAN
,
CHAMBERS
,
DRAKE
,
WATTS
,
RAYHONS
,
L.
MILLER
,
FORRISTALL
,
GARRETT
,
BRANDENBURG
,
HEATON
,
HELLAND
,
WAGNER
,
SANDS
,
SODERBERG
,
GRASSLEY
,
COWNIE
,
MOORE
,
KLEIN
,
S.
OLSON
,
PAUSTIAN
,
and
MASSIE
A
Resolution
honoring
the
Iowans
who
were
killed
in
or
1
survived
the
attack
on
the
USS
Indianapolis
on
July
2
30,
1945.
3
WHEREAS,
on
November
15,
1932,
the
USS
Indianapolis
4
was
accepted
and
commissioned
in
the
United
States
5
Navy;
and
6
WHEREAS,
the
USS
Indianapolis
served
as
the
flagship
7
of
the
Fifth
Fleet
through
much
of
World
War
II,
under
8
the
command
of
Admiral
Raymond
A.
Spruance;
and
9
WHEREAS,
all
who
served
aboard
the
USS
Indianapolis
10
distinguished
themselves
and
their
ship
in
the
Pacific
11
during
World
War
II,
with
the
ship
earning
a
total
12
-1-
LSB
5490YH
(4)
84
aw/nh
1/
3
H.R.
108
of
10
battle
stars
in
the
Pacific
between
1942
and
1
1945;
and
2
WHEREAS,
the
USS
Indianapolis
was
struck
by
a
3
kamikaze
plane
in
March
1945
at
Okinawa,
during
4
the
Okinawa
Gunto
Operation,
resulting
in
38
5
casualties;
and
6
WHEREAS,
on
July
26,
1945,
the
USS
Indianapolis
7
delivered
the
first
operational
atomic
bomb
to
the
8
island
of
Tinian,
which
less
than
two
weeks
later
was
9
flown
by
a
B-29
bomber,
the
Enola
Gay,
and
dropped
10
on
Hiroshima
to
bring
an
early
end
to
the
war
with
11
Imperial
Japan;
and
12
WHEREAS,
on
July
30,
1945,
the
USS
Indianapolis,
13
while
transiting
unescorted
from
Guam
to
the
Leyte
14
Gulf,
was
struck
by
two
torpedoes
fired
by
a
Japanese
15
submarine,
the
first
torpedo
striking
the
bow
and
the
16
second
striking
near
midship
on
the
starboard
side;
and
17
WHEREAS,
the
resulting
explosion
split
the
ship
to
18
the
keel
and
knocked
out
electrical
power,
causing
the
19
USS
Indianapolis
to
sink
rapidly;
and
20
WHEREAS,
of
the
1,196
aboard,
some
900
made
it
to
21
the
water
in
the
12
minutes
before
the
ship
sank;
and
22
WHEREAS,
few
life
rafts
were
released
and
most
23
survivors
wore
standard
life
jackets
as
shark
attacks
24
began
at
sunrise
that
day
and
continued
until
nearly
25
five
days
later
when
317
survivors
were
removed
from
26
the
water,
after
their
accidental
discovery
during
a
27
routine
antisubmarine
patrol;
and
28
WHEREAS,
there
were
30
Iowans
on
board
the
USS
29
Indianapolis
in
the
early
morning
of
July
30,
1945;
and
30
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5490YH
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108
WHEREAS,
only
two
of
the
Iowans
on
board
that
1
morning,
Seaman
First
Class
Charles
O.
Wells
of
2
Camanche
and
Seaman
Second
Class
Glen
Laverne
3
Milbrodt
of
Akron,
survived
the
attack
on
the
USS
4
Indianapolis;
NOW
THEREFORE,
5
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES,
6
That
the
House
of
Representatives
honors
the
lives
and
7
service
of
each
of
the
Iowans
who
were
killed
in
or
8
survived
the
attack
on
the
USS
Indianapolis
on
July
30,
9
1945.
10
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LSB
5490YH
(4)
84
aw/nh
3/
3
