House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda

House of Representatives
Session of 2013 - 2014 Regular Session

Posted:	September 4, 2014 10:20 AM
From:	Representative Seth M. Grove and Rep. Stephen Barrar, Rep. Chris Sainato
To:	All House members
Subject:	Resolution to Honor the Veterans of the Vietnam War, on the 50th Anniversary of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.

In the near future, I plan to introduce a resolution honoring the veterans of the War in Vietnam and the 50th anniversary of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. Conflict and instability in Southeast Asia began long before American involvement in the Vietnam War. However, escalation of this Cold War era conflict directly related to the August 2, 1964 attack on an American warship in the Gulf of Tonkin. The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution led to America’s full-scale involvement in one of the most divisive and costly wars in our nation’s history. More than 58,000 brave American’s lost their lives in the service of freedom. While over 300,000 Americans were wounded, including 75,000 severely disabled from their wounds. In addition to the large number of casualties 2,000 of our brave soldiers still remain missing. In total, three million American men and women selflessly gave of themselves on foreign battlefields and are true heroes. My resolution honors the courage of those who served in the Vietnam War and remembers those who gave the ultimate sacrifice as we approach the 50th Anniversary of Tonkin Resolution.
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Introduced as HR1009