[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 50 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 50

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

                           February 11, 1997

 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 in the Armed Forces have served the United States with great 
        courage and distinction in every conflict during the 20th century;
Whereas thousands of aviators in the Armed Forces have been shot down behind 
        enemy lines while performing their missions;
Whereas many of these aviators have overcome long odds and great hardships to 
        return to their units and resume their service to the United States;
Whereas these 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 other aviators;
Whereas this maintenance of secrecy has prevented aviators in the Armed Forces 
        from being recognized for their achievements;
Whereas the Air Forces Escape and Evasion Society has established strict 
        qualifications for membership and has served as a representative for 
        aviators in the Armed Forces; and
Whereas the Department of Defense has not provided adequate recognition to 
        aviators in the Armed Forces who have escaped or 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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