PRINTER'S NO. 4145
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
949
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY MURT, SONNEY, RYAN, KULIK, KAUFFMAN, READSHAW,
SCHMITT, LONGIETTI, McNEILL, COX, MERSKI, JAMES, THOMAS,
HOHENSTEIN, SCHLEGEL CULVER, ROZZI, DELLOSO, GALLOWAY, HILL-
EVANS, BURNS, BROWN AND MACKENZIE, JULY 14, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, JULY 14, 2020
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of September 2020 as "Military Service-
Related Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Month" in
Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, The brave men and women of the United States Armed
Forces, who proudly serve the United States and risk their lives
to protect our freedom, deserve the investment of every possible
resource to ensure their lasting physical, mental and emotional
well-being; and
WHEREAS, The challenges of serving in combat do not stop for
many veterans when they return home; and
WHEREAS, A new challenge begins for many of our servicemen
and servicewomen, who may struggle in silence daily; and
WHEREAS, Beginning with the ravages of the Civil War, a war-
related syndrome has been identified and called various names,
including "shell shock" during World War I and "battle fatigue"
during World War II; and
WHEREAS, Since the Vietnam Conflict in the 1960s and 1970s,
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