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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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WHEREAS, The casualties of D-Day numbered 10,500 allies,
including 2,700 Americans, resulting in the death of 4,413
allies, with 1,465 Americans losing their lives in the invasion,
while 7,500 allies were injured, including 3,184 Americans, with
many more missing or captured; and
WHEREAS, The assault continued under "Operation Overlord" by
pushing further into France and ended once the allies crossed
the River Seine on August 19, 1944; and
WHEREAS, There were 226,386 allied casualties, including
36,976 deaths and 153,475 wounded, of which 20,838 Americans
were killed and 94,881 were injured, during "Operation
Overload"; therefore be it
RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly
commemorate June 6, 2022, as "D-Day" in Pennsylvania; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That the General Assembly encourage local
governments and communities throughout this Commonwealth to
conduct appropriate "D-Day" observances to ensure that the many
sacrifices of that day are not forgotten.
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