PRINTER'S NO. 752
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
131
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY BROOKS, REGAN, DINNIMAN, FARNESE, PHILLIPS-HILL,
BAKER, BREWSTER, FONTANA, J. WARD, BARTOLOTTA, ARGALL,
TARTAGLIONE, VOGEL, BROWNE, AUMENT, MARTIN, MENSCH, HUGHES,
BLAKE, FOLMER, SCHWANK, HUTCHINSON, KILLION AND K. WARD,
MAY 8, 2019
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, MAY 8, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing May 8, 2019, as the 74th anniversary of "Victory in
Europe Day" or "V-E Day" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, By April 1945 the German Army was shattered; and
WHEREAS, On April 25, 1945, American and Soviet forces met at
the Elbe River, and five days later Adolf Hitler committed
suicide in his Berlin bunker; and
WHEREAS, Hitler's successor, Admiral Karl Doenitz, sent
General Alfred Jodl to the Supreme Headquarters Allied
Expeditionary Forces detachment in Reims to seek terms for an
end to the war; and
WHEREAS, At 2:41 a.m. on May 7, 1945, General Jodl signed for
the unconditional surrender of German forces on all fronts,
effective the next day at 11:01 p.m.; and
WHEREAS, After six years and millions of lives lost, the Nazi
scourge was crushed, war in Europe was finally over and war-
weary soldiers and civilians could join in giving thanks; and
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