Full Text of SJR0003 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | 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 | 5 | | WHEREAS, The United States became involved by serving in an | 6 | | advisory role to the South Vietnamese in 1961; and | 7 | | 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 in 1969; and | 11 | | 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; by March 30, | 15 | | 1973, the United States Armed Forces completed the withdrawal | 16 | | of combat troops from Vietnam; and
| 17 | | 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
| 20 | | WHEREAS, In 1982, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was |
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| 1 | | dedicated in Washington, D.C. to commemorate those members of | 2 | | the United States Armed Forces who died or were declared | 3 | | missing-in-action in Vietnam; and
| 4 | | 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 | 9 | | WHEREAS, March 30th marks the anniversary of the day that | 10 | | combat and combat support units withdrew completely from South | 11 | | Vietnam; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, The Ranking Member of the United States Senate | 13 | | Committee on Veterans' Affairs introduced Senate Resolution 55 | 14 | | before the 112th Congress, which was agreed to on March 7, | 15 | | 2011, to honor veterans who served in Vietnam by designating | 16 | | March 30th as "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day"; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois General Assembly | 18 | | support the United States Senate in the establishment of a | 19 | | "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day" as an appropriate way to | 20 | | honor those members of the United States Armed Forces who | 21 | | served in Vietnam during the Vietnam War; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois General Assembly agree | 2 | | that March 30 would be an appropriate day to establish "Welcome | 3 | | Home Vietnam Veterans Day" in the State of Illinois; therefore, | 4 | | be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 6 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 7 | | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we proclaim March 30, 2013 and March | 8 | | 30, 2014 as "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day" in the State of | 9 | | Illinois; and be it further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That all citizens of the State of Illinois are | 11 | | encouraged to honor our Vietnam Veterans.
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