PRINTER'S NO. 2154
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
464
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY GILLEN, SCHWEYER, BARRAR, SAINATO, READSHAW,
BARBIN, BISHOP, BIZZARRO, BOBACK, R. BROWN, CALTAGIRONE,
COHEN, CONKLIN, CORBIN, D. COSTA, COX, SCHLEGEL CULVER, DAY,
DEAN, DEASY, DeLUCA, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, DRISCOLL, DUSH,
EVERETT, FARRY, FEE, GIBBONS, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN,
GROVE, HAHN, HARHART, A. HARRIS, HENNESSEY, HICKERNELL,
IRVIN, JOZWIAK, KAUFFMAN, KAVULICH, W. KELLER, KILLION,
KINSEY, KLUNK, LONGIETTI, MAJOR, MARSICO, McGINNIS, McNEILL,
MILLARD, MURT, PAYNE, QUINN, RAPP, ROSS, ROZZI, SACCONE,
SAYLOR, SNYDER, SONNEY, THOMAS, VEREB, WARD, WATSON, WHEELAND
AND YOUNGBLOOD, SEPTEMBER 4, 2015
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
SEPTEMBER 4, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing September 11, 2015, as "Keystone Wounded Warrior
Day" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, According to a February 2013 Congressional Research
Service report entitled "U.S. Military Casualty Statistics:
Operation New Dawn, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation
Enduring Freedom," 50,450 United States service members have
been wounded since Operation Iraqi Freedom first began; and
WHEREAS, From 2002 to December 2012, 103,792 service members
who were deployed in these conflicts were diagnosed with post-
traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and 253,330 service members
were diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury of some kind; and
WHEREAS, As a result of battle injuries, 1,715 service
members received wounds that required amputations and 1,493 have
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