PRINTER'S NO. 1450
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
323
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY KINSEY, DiGIROLAMO, YOUNGBLOOD, HENNESSEY, COX,
PICKETT, BARRAR, COHEN, ROZZI, HEFFLEY, DONATUCCI, PASHINSKI,
MILLARD, LONGIETTI, DRISCOLL, C. PARKER, THOMAS, SCHREIBER,
BENNINGHOFF, KILLION, DUSH, SONNEY, READSHAW, SCHWEYER,
BOBACK, McCARTER, BROWNLEE, McNEILL, PAYNE, O'NEILL, MAHONEY,
BARBIN, WHEELAND, OBERLANDER, FARINA, MARSICO, CUTLER,
SABATINA, GINGRICH, ELLIS, KIRKLAND, WATSON, GOODMAN, MAJOR,
GIBBONS, MATZIE, GROVE, HARPER AND GILLEN, MAY 6, 2015
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MAY 6, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Commemorating the 62nd anniversary of the Korean War Armistice
Agreement.
WHEREAS, The House of Representatives honors the service and
sacrifice of veterans of the Korean War who served, for the
first time in history, as part of an American-led multinational
military force under United Nations Command to protect one
nation's territorial integrity and independence; and
WHEREAS, President Harry S. Truman ordered United States
military intervention in Korea on June 27, 1950, two days
following the invasion of South Korea by Communist North Korea
in a coordinated general attack along the 38th Parallel; and
WHEREAS, Nearly 2 million American men and women served in
Korea, with 36,576 American deaths, in three years of active
hostilities on land, on sea and in the air over and near the
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Korean Peninsula; and
WHEREAS, The Congressional Medal of Honor, our nation's
highest tribute for combat bravery, was awarded to 131 members
of the United States Armed Forces who served in Korea; and
WHEREAS, While Operation Glory negotiated the post-armistice
exchange of the war dead between the United Nations Command and
North Korea, more than 7,500 Americans remain unaccounted for
from the war; and
WHEREAS, The Korean War Armistice Agreement, negotiated for
more than two years and signed on July 27, 1953, left the Korean
Peninsula divided at the 38th Parallel much as it had been since
the close of World War II; and
WHEREAS, In announcing the armistice to the American people,
President Dwight Eisenhower remarked:
Soldiers, sailors and airmen of sixteen different
countries have stood as partners beside us throughout
these long and bitter months. In this struggle we have
seen the United Nations meet the challenge of aggression
not with pathetic words of protest, but with deeds of
decisive purpose;
therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives commemorate the
62nd anniversary of the Korean War Armistice Agreement.
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