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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, When the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, 
3D.C. was finished in 1983, the wall listed
more than 58,000 
4servicemen and women who had either died in action or went 
5missing during the
Vietnam War; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Due to a fire at government storage facility in 
71973, the United States military lost millions of personnel

8records, including many of those who were listed on the wall; 
9and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, The military and other organizations made efforts 
11to recover the lost data; 24,000 veterans
listed on the wall 
12still had no picture in military records as of 2013; and
  
 
  
13    WHEREAS, In January of 2017, the Illinois Press Association 
14Foundation joined the National Newspaper
Association in 
15coordinated effort to recover the 579 missing Illinois 
16veterans' photos; and
  
 
17    WHEREAS, Illinois newspapers have worked with their 
18communities to locate 100 of the missing
photos; 45 counties in 
19Illinois are home to the remaining 479 soldiers without photos; 
20therefore, be it
  
 
 
 
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1    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL 
2ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge Illinois 
3communities to become involved in the Vietnam Veterans Memorial 
4Foundation's "Wall of Faces" project to help locate pictures of 
5soldiers whose photos were lost and to further preserve the 
6legacy of those who sacrificed all in the Vietnam War.