[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 37 Introduced in House (IH)]

  1st Session
H. RES. 37

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that aviators who 
 meet the qualification standards of the Air Forces Escape and Evasion 
 Society should be granted recognition for meritorious service by the 
                         Department of Defense.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 17, 1995

 Mr. Stearns submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on National Security

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that aviators who 
 meet the qualification standards of the Air Forces Escape and Evasion 
 Society should be granted recognition for meritorious service by the 
                         Department of Defense.

Whereas aviators from throughout the armed forces have served the United States 
        with great courage and distinction in every conflict during this 
        century;
Whereas thousands of aviators, in the course of performing their missions, have 
        been shot down behind enemy lines;
Whereas many of the aviators have overcome long odds and great hardships to 
        return to their units and resume their service to the United States;
Whereas the aviators faced the added responsibility of maintaining the secrecy 
        of their escape and evasion methods in order to protect the lives of 
        those who assisted them and future aviators;
Whereas the secrecy requirement prevented the aviators from petitioning for 
        recognition of their achievements for decades after the fact;
Whereas the Air Forces Escape and Evasion Society has served as the 
        representative for the aviators and established strict qualifications 
        for membership in the organization; and
Whereas the Department of Defense has not provided any specific recognition to 
        aviators who escaped and evaded capture behind enemy lines: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
aviators who meet the qualification standards of the Air Forces Escape 
and Evasion Society should be granted recognition for meritorious 
service by the Department of Defense.
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