PRINTER'S NO. 3175
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
209
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY GILLEN, GAYDOS, PICKETT, M. MACKENZIE, COX,
BOBACK, SONNEY, GREINER, HAMM, SCHLOSSBERG, LONGIETTI, HILL-
EVANS, JAMES, R. MACKENZIE, CAUSER, TWARDZIK, RIGBY, STAATS,
SOLOMON, SANCHEZ, D. WILLIAMS, MENTZER, MOUL, KAUFFMAN,
JONES, HARKINS, MILLARD, RYAN, CIRESI, DRISCOLL, HOWARD AND
NEILSON, MAY 27, 2022
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, MAY 27, 2022
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Commemorating June 6, 2022, as "D-Day" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, June 6, 2022, marks the 78th anniversary of the D-
Day invasion of Normandy, an Allied Forces operation to end the
occupation of Germany in France; and
WHEREAS, Armed forces of primarily the United States,
England, Canada and France banded together to deploy 156,000
troops, of which 73,000 were American, 11,590 planes and 6,939
vessels to produce the long-planned "Operation Overlord"; and
WHEREAS, The initial assault phase, "Operation Neptune,"
began at midnight, on June 6, 1944, giving cover and support for
an airborne assault choreographed by the American, British and
Canadian Air Corps; and
WHEREAS, Soldiers landed on Gold Beach, Sword Beach, Omaha
Beach, Juno Beach and Utah Beach in the early morning of June 6,
1944, to begin the assault on the German forces; and
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