PRINTER'S NO. 1479
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
264
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY GILLEN, BARRAR, BENNINGHOFF, BIZZARRO,
CALTAGIRONE, CONKLIN, CORBIN, D. COSTA, COX, DRISCOLL, FARRY,
FREEMAN, GABLER, GOODMAN, GREINER, GROVE, HAHN, HENNESSEY,
HICKERNELL, JAMES, KAUFFMAN, KINSEY, KNOWLES, KORTZ,
LONGIETTI, MACKENZIE, MARSHALL, MARSICO, MILLARD, MOUL, MURT,
NEILSON, O'NEILL, PICKETT, QUIGLEY, READSHAW, SAYLOR, STURLA,
WARD AND WATSON, APRIL 19, 2017
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 19, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Commemorating April 18, 2017, as "Doolittle Raiders Remembrance
Day" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, April 18, 2017, marks the 75th anniversary of the
Doolittle Raid, the first United States air attack on the main
island of Japan after the attack on Pearl Harbor; and
WHEREAS, The raid is considered to have served as an enormous
boost to American morale in the Pacific following the
devastation from the Pearl Harbor attack and subsequent defeats
in the Pacific that had overwhelmed the spirit of the American
people and the United States Navy; and
WHEREAS, Lieutenant Colonel James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle led 16
B-25 bombers, launching off the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Hornet
in a daring attack on the home island of Japan, including Tokyo;
and
WHEREAS, The mission was known to be both dangerous and one
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