PRINTER'S NO. 3207
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
820
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY MURT, BAKER, R. BROWN, COHEN, D. COSTA, COX,
SCHLEGEL CULVER, DeLUCA, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, DRISCOLL,
DUSH, EVERETT, FARINA, GIBBONS, GILLEN, GINGRICH, GODSHALL,
GOODMAN, GROVE, HARHAI, HARHART, A. HARRIS, HENNESSEY,
PHILLIPS-HILL, KAUFFMAN, KAVULICH, KILLION, KINSEY, KIRKLAND,
LONGIETTI, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MARSICO, McNEILL, MILLARD,
NEILSON, PAYNE, PETRI, READSHAW, ROSS, ROZZI, SACCONE,
SAINATO, SAYLOR, SCHLOSSBERG, SONNEY, THOMAS, VEREB, WARD,
WATSON, WHEELAND AND CALTAGIRONE, APRIL 19, 2016
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 19, 2016
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of May 2016 as "Military Service-Related
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Month" in
Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, The month of May has been designated by the Congress
of the United States as "National Military Appreciation Month"
to remember those who gave their lives in defense of freedom and
to honor the men and women of the United States Armed Forces who
have served and are now serving this country; and
WHEREAS, Beginning with the ravages of the Civil War, a war-
related syndrome has been identified and called various names:
in World War I, it was "shell shock"; in World War II, it was
"battle fatigue"; and since the Vietnam Conflict in the 1960s
and 1970s, the syndrome has been known as post-traumatic stress
disorder (PTSD); and
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