PRINTER'S NO. 3616
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
966
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY KORTZ, NEILSON, GREINER, ENGLISH, QUIGLEY,
HENNESSEY, COX, BIZZARRO, RYAN, STAATS, MILLARD, KAUFFMAN,
OBERLANDER, BOBACK AND MACKENZIE, JUNE 6, 2018
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JUNE 6, 2018
A RESOLUTION
Commemorating the 74th anniversary of D-Day on June 6, 2018.
WHEREAS, On June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied troops landed along
a 50-mile stretch of heavily fortified French coastline to fight
Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France; and
WHEREAS, Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower called the
operation a crusade in which "we will accept nothing less than
full victory"; and
WHEREAS, More than 5,000 ships and 13,000 aircraft supported
the D-Day invasion, and by day's end on June 6 the Allies had
taken a foothold in Normandy; and
WHEREAS, The D-Day cost was high, with more than 9,000 Allied
soldiers killed or wounded, but more than 100,000 soldiers began
the march across Europe to defeat Hitler; and
WHEREAS, The massive military action on June 6 marked the
beginning of the end of Hitler's atrocities throughout Europe,
and that day is a historic day; therefore be it
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives commemorate the
74th anniversary of D-Day on June 6, 2018.
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