[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 99 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 99

Expressing the appreciation of Congress and the American people for the 
service performed during World War I and World War II by members of the 
Navy who were assigned as gun crews on board merchant ships as part of 
                     the Naval Armed Guard Service.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 6, 1997

 Mr. Greenwood (for himself, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Ms. Woolsey, 
  Mr. Bateman, Mr. Frost, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Dooley of California, Mr. 
    Manton, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Waxman, and Mr. Lantos) introduced the 
  following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           National Security

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the appreciation of Congress and the American people for the 
service performed during World War I and World War II by members of the 
Navy who were assigned as gun crews on board merchant ships as part of 
                     the Naval Armed Guard Service.

Whereas the Navy established a special force during both World War I and World 
        War II, known as the Naval Armed Guard Service, to protect merchant 
        ships of the United States from enemy attack by stationing members of 
        the Navy and weapons on board those ships;
Whereas members of the Naval Armed Guard Service served on 6,236 merchant ships 
        during World War II, of which 710 were sunk by enemy action;
Whereas over 144,900 members of the Navy served in the Naval Armed Guard Service 
        during World War II as officers, gun crewmen, signalmen, and radiomen, 
        of whom 1,810 were killed in action;
Whereas the efforts of the members of the Naval Armed Guard Service played a 
        significant role in the safe passage of United States merchant ships to 
        their destinations in the Soviet Union and various locations in western 
        Europe and the Pacific Theater;
Whereas the efforts of the members of the Navy who served in the Naval Armed 
        Guard Service have been largely overlooked due to the rapid disbanding 
        of the service after World War II and lack of adequate records; and
Whereas recognition of the service of the naval personnel who served in the 
        Naval Armed Guard Service is highly warranted and long overdue: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That Congress expresses its 
appreciation, and the appreciation of the American people, for the 
dedicated service performed during World War I and World War II by 
members of the Navy assigned as gun crews on board merchant ships as 
part of the Naval Armed Guard Service.
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