Bill Text: PA SR131 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Commemorating the 67th anniversary of D-Day on June 6, 2011.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 31-19)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-06 - Introduced and adopted [SR131 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-SR131-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1288
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No. 131 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY KASUNIC, ALLOWAY, ARGALL, BAKER, BLAKE, BOSCOLA, BREWSTER, BROWNE, BRUBAKER, CORMAN, COSTA, DINNIMAN, EARLL, EICHELBERGER, ERICKSON, FARNESE, FERLO, FOLMER, FONTANA, GORDNER, GREENLEAF, HUGHES, KITCHEN, LEACH, McILHINNEY, MENSCH, ORIE, PICCOLA, PILEGGI, PIPPY, RAFFERTY, ROBBINS, SCARNATI, SCHWANK, SMUCKER, SOLOBAY, STACK, TARTAGLIONE, TOMLINSON, VANCE, VOGEL, WARD, WASHINGTON, WAUGH, D. WHITE, M. WHITE, WILLIAMS, WOZNIAK, YAW AND YUDICHAK, JUNE 6, 2011
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, JUNE 6, 2011
A RESOLUTION
Commemorating the 67th anniversary of D-Day on June 6, 2011.
WHEREAS, On June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied troops landed along
a 50-mile stretch of heavily fortified French coastline to fight
Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France; and
WHEREAS, Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower called the
operation a crusade in which "we will accept nothing less than
full victory"; and
WHEREAS, More than 5,000 ships and 13,000 aircraft supported
the D-Day invasion, and by day's end on June 6, the Allies had
taken a foothold in Normandy; and
WHEREAS, The D-Day cost was high, with more than 9,000 Allied
soldiers killed or wounded, but more than 100,000 soldiers began
the march across Europe to defeat Hitler; and
WHEREAS, The massive military action on June 6 marked the
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beginning of the end of Hitler's atrocities throughout Europe
and is a historic day; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate commemorate the 67th anniversary of
D-Day on June 6, 2011.
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