THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE RESOLUTION

INTRODUCED BY KASUNIC, ALLOWAY, ARGALL, BAKER, BLAKE, BOSCOLA, BREWSTER, BROWNE, BRUBAKER, CORMAN, COSTA, DINNIMAN, EARLL, EICHELBERGER, ERICKSON, FARNESE, FERLO, FOLMER, FONTANA, GORDNER, GREENLEAF, HUGHES, KITCHEN, LEACH, McILHINNEY, MENSCH, ORIE, PICCOLA, PILEGGI, PIPPY, RAFFERTY, ROBBINS, SCARNATI, SCHWANK, SMUCKER, SOLOBAY, STACK, TARTAGLIONE, TOMLINSON, VANCE, VOGEL, WARD, WASHINGTON, WAUGH, D. WHITE, M. WHITE, WILLIAMS, WOZNIAK, YAW AND YUDICHAK, JUNE 6, 2011

INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, JUNE 6, 2011  

A RESOLUTION

Commemorating the 67th anniversary of D-Day on June 6, 2011.

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 is a historic day; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the Senate commemorate the 67th anniversary of

D-Day on June 6, 2011.