PRINTER'S NO. 1063
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
160
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY VULAKOVICH, BREWSTER, BROOKS, BROWNE, DINNIMAN,
FOLMER, FONTANA, GREENLEAF, KILLION, LEACH, MARTIN, SABATINA,
WHITE AND YUDICHAK, JUNE 29, 2017
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, JUNE 29, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Commemorating the 64th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice
Agreement.
WHEREAS, President Harry S. Truman ordered United States
military intervention in Korea on June 27, 1950, two days
following the invasion of South Korea by Communist North Korea
in a coordinated general attack along the 38th parallel; and
WHEREAS, Nearly 2 million American men and women served in
Korea, with 36,576 American deaths, in three years of active
hostilities on land, on sea and in the air over and near the
Korean Peninsula; and
WHEREAS, The Congressional Medal of Honor, our nation's
highest tribute for combat bravery, was awarded to 131 members
of the United States Armed Forces who served in Korea; and
WHEREAS, While Operation Glory negotiated the post-armistice
exchange of the war dead between the United Nations Command and
North Korea, more than 7,500 Americans remain unaccounted for
from the war; and
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WHEREAS, The Korean War Armistice Agreement, negotiated for
more than two years and signed on July 27, 1953, left the Korean
Peninsula divided at the 38th parallel much as it had been since
the close of World War II; and
WHEREAS, In announcing the armistice to the American people,
President Dwight Eisenhower remarked:
Soldiers, sailors and airmen of sixteen different
countries have stood as partners beside us throughout
these long and bitter months. In this struggle we have
seen the United Nations meet the challenge of aggression
not with pathetic words of protest, but with deeds of
decisive purpose;
therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate commemorate the 64th anniversary of
the Korean War Armistice Agreement; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Senate honor the service and sacrifice of
veterans of the Korean War who served, for the first time in
history, as part of an American-led multinational military force
under United Nations Command to protect one nation's territorial
integrity and independence.
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