Full Text of HJR0089 96th General Assembly
HJ0089 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Vietnam War was fought in Vietnam from 1961 to | 3 |
| 1975, and involved North Vietnam and the Viet Cong in conflict | 4 |
| with the United States Armed Forces and South Vietnam; and
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| WHEREAS, The United States became involved by serving in an | 6 |
| advisory role to the South Vietnamese in 1961; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1965, United States Armed Forces ground combat | 8 |
| units arrived in Vietnam and by the end of that year there were | 9 |
| 80,000 United States troops in Vietnam with a peak of | 10 |
| approximately 500,000 troops reached in 1969; and
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| WHEREAS, On January 27, 1973, the Treaty of Paris was | 12 |
| signed, which required the release of all United States | 13 |
| prisoners-of-war held in North Vietnam and the withdrawal of | 14 |
| all United States Armed Forces from South Vietnam; and by March | 15 |
| 30, 1973, the United States Armed Forces completed the | 16 |
| withdrawal of combat troops from Vietnam; and
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| WHEREAS, More than 58,000 members of the United States | 18 |
| Armed Forces lost their lives in Vietnam and more than 300,000 | 19 |
| members of the Armed Forces were wounded; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1982, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was |
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| dedicated in the District of Columbia to commemorate those | 2 |
| members of the United States Armed Forces who died or were | 3 |
| declared missing-in-action in Vietnam; and
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| WHEREAS, Members of the United States Armed Forces who | 5 |
| served bravely and faithfully for the United States during the | 6 |
| Vietnam War were caught upon their return home in the crossfire | 7 |
| of public debate about the involvement of the United States in | 8 |
| the Vietnam War; and
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| WHEREAS, The 96th General Assembly supports the United | 10 |
| States House of Representatives in the establishment of a | 11 |
| "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day" as an appropriate way to | 12 |
| honor those members of the United States Armed Forces who | 13 |
| served in Vietnam during the Vietnam War; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, The 96th General Assembly agrees that March 30 | 15 |
| would be an appropriate day to establish "Welcome Home Vietnam | 16 |
| Veterans Day" from this day forth; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 19 |
| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we proclaim March 30 as "Welcome | 20 |
| Home Vietnam Veterans Day"; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That all citizens of Illinois are encouraged to |
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| join communities across America in honoring our Vietnam | 2 |
| Veterans.
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