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PRINTER'S NO. 888
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
152
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY KILLION, ARGALL, BAKER, BLAKE, BREWSTER, BROWNE,
COLLETT, CORMAN, DINNIMAN, DiSANTO, FARNESE, FOLMER, FONTANA,
GORDNER, HUTCHINSON, IOVINO, LANGERHOLC, MARTIN, MENSCH,
PHILLIPS-HILL, REGAN, SABATINA, SCHWANK, TOMLINSON, VOGEL AND
J. WARD, JUNE 5, 2019
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, JUNE 5, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Commemorating the 75th anniversary of D-Day on June 6, 2019.
WHEREAS, On June 6, 1944, more than 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
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and is a historic day; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate commemorate the 75th anniversary of
D-Day on June 6, 2019.
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