PRINTER'S NO. 1492
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
291
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY MASTRIANO, BROOKS, K. WARD, ARGALL, AUMENT, BAKER,
BARTOLOTTA, BREWSTER, BROWNE, DINNIMAN, FONTANA, HUTCHINSON,
IOVINO, KILLION, LANGERHOLC, MARTIN, PHILLIPS-HILL, PITTMAN,
SABATINA, SANTARSIERO, SCAVELLO, TARTAGLIONE AND J. WARD,
FEBRUARY 3, 2020
REFERRED TO VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS,
FEBRUARY 3, 2020
A RESOLUTION
Commemorating Pennsylvania's contribution to Operation Desert
Shield and Operation Desert Storm.
WHEREAS, On August 2, 1990, the Iraqi Army, under orders of
Saddam Hussein, invaded and brutally occupied Kuwait; and
WHEREAS, The Iraqi attack was swift, with Baghdad ordering
the preponderance of its forces into Kuwait, which threatened
Saudi Arabia; and
WHEREAS, President George Herbert Walker Bush responded to
this invasion with a deployment of troops to the region, backed
by 256,000 Allied and Coalition military personnel; and
WHEREAS, The first portion of the deployment was called
Operation Desert Shield, which focused on the defense of Saudi
Arabia and the buildup of forces in the theater; and
WHEREAS, Operation Desert Storm encompassed offensive
operations to liberate Kuwait; and
WHEREAS, Operation Desert Storm began on January 16, 1991,
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