Bill Text: PA HR91 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice Agreement.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2013-03-18 - Adopted (195-0) [HR91 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2013-HR91-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 749

 

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

 

HOUSE RESOLUTION

No.

91

Session of 2013

 

 

 

INTRODUCED BY KINSEY, BROWNLEE, MILLARD, PICKETT, HEFFLEY, MCGEEHAN, MICOZZIE, P. DALEY, COHEN, SCHLEGEL CULVER, HARHART, DAVIDSON, FREEMAN, KIM, RAPP, PETRI, WHITE, SACCONE, HARHAI, CALTAGIRONE, BAKER, PAYNE, CLAY, MILNE, AUMENT, MAJOR, TALLMAN, V. BROWN, LONGIETTI, MCNEILL, O'BRIEN, BENNINGHOFF, READSHAW, EVERETT, ROZZI, GODSHALL, DIGIROLAMO, FLYNN, KORTZ, M. K. KELLER, WATSON, GABLER AND ROSS, FEBRUARY 12, 2013

 

 

INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, FEBRUARY 12, 2013

 

 

 

A RESOLUTION

 

Commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice
Agreement.

WHEREAS, The House of Representatives honors the service and
sacrifice of veterans of the Korean War who served, for the
first time in history, as part of an American-led multinational
military force under United Nations Command to protect one
nation's territorial integrity and independence; and

WHEREAS, President Harry S Truman ordered United States
military intervention in Korea on June 27, 1950, two days
following the invasion of South Korea by Communist North Korea
in a coordinated general attack along the 38th Parallel; and

WHEREAS, Nearly 2 million American men and women served in
Korea, with 36,576 American deaths, in three years of active
hostilities on land, on sea and in the air over and near the

Korean Peninsula; and

WHEREAS, The Congressional Medal of Honor, our nation's
highest tribute for combat bravery, was awarded to 131 members
of the United States Armed Forces who served in Korea; and

WHEREAS, While Operation Glory negotiated the post-armistice
exchange of the war dead between the United Nations Command and
North Korea, more than 7,500 Americans remain unaccounted for
from the war; and

WHEREAS, The Korean War Armistice Agreement, negotiated for
more than two years and signed on July 27, 1953, left the Korean
Peninsula divided at the 38th Parallel much as it had been since
the close of World War II; and

WHEREAS, In announcing the armistice to the American people,
President Dwight Eisenhower remarked:

Soldiers, sailors and airmen of sixteen different
countries have stood as partners beside us throughout
these long and bitter months. In this struggle we have
seen the United Nations meet the challenge of aggression
not with pathetic words of protest, but with deeds of
decisive purpose;

therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives commemorate the
60th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice Agreement.