[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 200 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 200

 Expressing the sense of the Congress that a series of postage stamps 
should be issued in recognition of the recipients of the Congressional 
                            Medal of Honor.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 13, 1997

       Mr. Obey (for himself, Mr. Boyd, Mr. Manton, Mr. Frank of 
  Massachusetts, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. Cooksey, Mr. Gekas, Mr. Johnson of 
 Wisconsin, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Visclosky, 
    Ms. Carson, Mr. Kind, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, Mr. 
 McNulty, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Bishop, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Frelinghuysen, and 
Mr. Bilirakis) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
      referred to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the Congress that a series of postage stamps 
should be issued in recognition of the recipients of the Congressional 
                            Medal of Honor.

Whereas since July 12, 1862, the United States has recognized the individual 
        gallantry of its soldiers, sailors, and airmen with the Congressional 
        Medal of Honor;
Whereas nearly 3,400 veterans have received this honor in recognition of their 
        valor in times of war and times of peace, such as--
            (1) Lieutenant William Winegar, 1st New York Dragoons, who while 
        advancing ahead of his company at Five Forks, Virginia, accosted a 
        Confederate flagbearer, and with the firing of only one shot secured the 
        surrender of the entire opposing unit;
            (2) Hospital Apprentice First Class David E. Hayden, United States 
        Navy, of Florence, Texas, who while serving in France during World War I 
        braved machine-gun fire sweeping an open field in an effort to save a 
        mortally wounded Marine corporal;
            (3) Major Richard Ira Bong, United States Army Air Corps, of Poplar, 
        Wisconsin, the top-scoring United States ace in World War II, whose 40 
        aerial victories surpassed Eddie Rickenbacker's World War I record;
            (4) Sergeant Joseph C. Rodriguez, United States Army, of San 
        Bernardino, California, who led his squad in a daring attack on a North 
        Korean strongpoint in which he raced 60 yards through enemy fire and 
        single-handedly wiped out five gun emplacements, leading to the rout of 
        the enemy;
            (5) Private First Class Robert H. Jenkins, Jr., United States Marine 
        Corps, of Interlachen, Florida, who while serving in Vietnam sacrificed 
        himself to save a fellow Marine from a North Vietnamese grenade; and
            (6) the soldiers interred in the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington 
        National Cemetery, and those thousands that are not named;

Whereas too often the Nation allows the remarkable sacrifice and valor of such 
        individuals to fade from memory; and
Whereas postage stamp series have been commissioned in the past to honor other 
        significant elements of American culture and history: Now, therefore, be 
        it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) a series of postage stamps should be issued in 
        recognition of recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor; 
        and
            (2) the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee of the United 
        States Postal Service should recommend to the Postmaster 
        General that such a series of postage stamps be issued.
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