PRINTER'S NO. 1762
No. 316 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY SEIP, ARGALL, BAKER, BEAR, BELFANTI, BENNINGHOFF,
BOBACK, BOYD, CAPPELLI, COSTA, CREIGHTON, CURRY, CUTLER,
DALLY, DeLUCA, DePASQUALE, DONATUCCI, EACHUS, D. EVANS,
FABRIZIO, FAIRCHILD, FREEMAN, GALLOWAY, GEORGE, GIBBONS,
GOODMAN, HARHART, HERSHEY, KAUFFMAN, KORTZ, LENTZ, MANN,
MANTZ, MARKOSEK, MARSHALL, MARSICO, McCALL, McGEEHAN, MENSCH,
MILLARD, MOYER, MUNDY, MUSTIO, M. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, PALLONE,
PAYNE, PETRONE, PHILLIPS, RAMALEY, READSHAW, ROEBUCK, ROSS,
SABATINA, SAINATO, SANTONI, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SHIMKUS,
SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY, SONNEY, SURRA, TANGRETTI, R. TAYLOR,
WALKO, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD, YUDICHAK AND DENLINGER,
JUNE 5, 2007
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JUNE 5, 2007
A RESOLUTION
1 Memorializing the anniversary of the D-Day invasion of France
2 and honoring the heroic efforts of the servicemen who fought
3 and those who lost their lives on June 6, 1944, as Allied
4 Forces stormed the beaches of Normandy.
5 WHEREAS, On June 6, 1944, the American, British, Canadian and
6 French Allied Forces of World War II set sail from England
7 across the turbulent, frigid waters of the English Channel to
8 launch an invasion of continental Europe; and
9 WHEREAS, Three years of strategic planning produced the D-Day
10 assault on the beaches of Normandy, France, to liberate France
11 and overthrow Nazi Germany; and
12 WHEREAS, On the night of June 5, 1944, more than 900 planes
13 and 100 gliders of the United States Ninth Air Force ascended
1 from British fields, carrying parachute jumpers from the 82nd
2 and 101st Divisions; and
3 WHEREAS, In the early hours of June 6, 1944, the huge armada
4 of 1,796 vessels, including 931 American ships, moved across the
5 English Channel; and
6 WHEREAS, Approximately 150,000 soldiers, including 57,300
7 American men, landed at Normandy, and 15,000 American
8 paratroopers descended during D-Day; and
9 WHEREAS, Approximately 6,000 Americans were killed or
10 wounded, many being met with deadly machine-gun fire as they
11 came ashore; and
12 WHEREAS, Courage and faith in their mission enabled these
13 servicemen to complete the D-Day assault, which was the
14 beginning of the end for Adolph Hitler and the Third Reich; and
15 WHEREAS, It is fitting to remember the sacrifice of these men
16 on this historic occasion; therefore be it
17 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives memorialize the
18 anniversary of the D-Day invasion of France and honor the heroic
19 efforts of the servicemen who fought and those who lost their
20 lives on June 6, 1944, as Allied Forces stormed the beaches of
21 Normandy.
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