Full Text of HR0743 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Vietnam War was fought in Vietnam from 1961 | 3 | | to 1975 and involved North Vietnam and the Viet Cong in | 4 | | conflict with the United States Armed Forces and South | 5 | | Vietnam; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, The United States became involved by serving in | 7 | | an advisory role to the South Vietnamese in 1961; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, In 1965, United States Armed Forces ground combat | 9 | | units arrived in Vietnam, and by the end of that year, there | 10 | | were 80,000 United States troops in Vietnam with a peak of | 11 | | approximately 500,000 troops in 1969; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, On January 27, 1973, the Treaty of Paris was | 13 | | signed, which required the release of all United States | 14 | | prisoners-of-war held in North Vietnam and the withdrawal of | 15 | | all United States Armed Forces from South Vietnam; by March | 16 | | 30, 1973, the United States Armed Forces completed the | 17 | | withdrawal of combat troops from Vietnam; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, More than 58,000 members of the United States | 19 | | Armed Forces lost their lives in Vietnam, and more than | 20 | | 300,000 members of the Armed Forces were wounded; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, In 1982, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was | 2 | | dedicated in Washington, D.C. to commemorate those members of | 3 | | the United States Armed Forces who died or were declared | 4 | | missing-in-action in Vietnam; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Members of the United States Armed Forces who | 6 | | served bravely and faithfully for the United States during the | 7 | | Vietnam War were caught upon their return home in the | 8 | | crossfire of public debate about the involvement of the United | 9 | | States in the Vietnam War; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, March 30th marks the anniversary of the day that | 11 | | combat and combat support units withdrew completely from South | 12 | | Vietnam; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, On March 7, 2011, the 112th U.S. Congress agreed | 14 | | to Senate Resolution 55, honoring veterans who served in | 15 | | Vietnam by designating March 30th as "Welcome Home Vietnam | 16 | | Veterans Day"; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, The establishment of a "Welcome Home Vietnam | 18 | | Veterans Day" is an appropriate way to honor those members of | 19 | | the United States Armed Forces who served in Vietnam during | 20 | | the Vietnam War; therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
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| 1 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 2 | | we declare March 30, 2022 as "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans | 3 | | Day" in the State of Illinois; and be it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That all citizens of the State of Illinois are | 5 | | encouraged to honor our Vietnam veterans.
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