PRINTER'S NO. 2085
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
436
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY GILLEN, BARRAR, BAKER, BENNINGHOFF, BIZZARRO,
BOBACK, V. BROWN, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, CONKLIN, CORBIN,
D. COSTA, COX, DEASY, DeLUCA, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, DUSH,
ELLIS, EVERETT, FREEMAN, GABLER, GIBBONS, GROVE, HAHN,
HARHART, HEFFLEY, KAUFFMAN, KAVULICH, KNOWLES, LONGIETTI,
MAJOR, MARSICO, McGINNIS, MENTZER, METCALFE, MILLARD, MURT,
OBERLANDER, PAYNE, PEIFER, PETRI, PICKETT, READSHAW, ROEBUCK,
SAINATO, SAYLOR, SCHLOSSBERG, SCHWEYER, TALLMAN, THOMAS,
WATSON, WHEELAND AND YOUNGBLOOD, AUGUST 10, 2015
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
AUGUST 10, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Commemorating September 2, 2015, as "V-J Day" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, September 2, 2015, marks the 70th anniversary of the
signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender aboard the
battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, ending World War II; and
WHEREAS, On August 15, 1945, Japanese Emperor Hirohito urged
his people to accept the terms of surrender set by the Potsdam
Declaration; and
WHEREAS, On September 2, 2015, the Japanese foreign minister,
Mamoru Shigemitsu, and the chief of staff of the Japanese army,
Yoshijiro Umezu, signed the Instrument of Surrender; and
WHEREAS, General Douglas MacArthur, Commander in the
Southwest Pacific and the Supreme Commander for the Allied
Power, accepted the Japanese surrender on behalf of the Allied
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