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[S. Con. Res. 64 Referred in House (RFH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. CON. RES. 64


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 18, 1996

          Referred to the Committee on International Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
  To recognize and honor the Filipino World War II veterans for their 
 defense of democratic ideals and their important contribution to the 
                        outcome of World War II.

Whereas the Commonwealth of the Philippines was strategically located and thus 
        vital to the defense of the United States during World War II;
Whereas the military forces of the Commonwealth of the Philippines were called 
        into the United States Armed Forces during World War II by Executive 
        order and were put under the command of General Douglas MacArthur;
Whereas the participation of the military forces of the Commonwealth of the 
        Philippines in the battles of Bataan and Corregidor and in other smaller 
        skirmishes delayed and disrupted the initial Japanese effort to conquer 
        the Western Pacific;
Whereas that delay and disruption allowed the United States the vital time to 
        prepare the forces which were needed to drive the Japanese from the 
        Western Pacific and to defeat Japan;
Whereas after the recovery of the Philippine Islands from Japan, the United 
        States was able to use the strategically located Commonwealth of the 
        Philippines as a base from which to launch the final efforts to defeat 
        Japan;
Whereas every American deserves to know the important contribution that the 
        military forces of the Commonwealth of the Philippines made to the 
        outcome of World War II; and
Whereas the Filipino World War II veterans deserve recognition and honor for 
        their important contribution to the outcome of World War II: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that the President should issue a 
proclamation which recognizes and honors the Filipino World War II 
veterans for their defense of democratic ideals and their important 
contribution to the outcome of World War II.

            Passed the Senate July 17, 1996.

            Attest:

                                             KELLY D. JOHNSTON,

                                                             Secretary.