[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 408 Received in Senate (RDS)]

  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 408


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            October 11 (legislative day, September 22), 2000

                                Received

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Expressing appreciation for the United States service members who were 
 aboard the British transport HMT ROHNA when it sank, the families of 
 these service members, and the rescuers of the HMT ROHNA's passengers 
                               and crew.

Whereas on November 26, 1943, a German bomber off the coast of North Africa sunk 
        the British transport HMT ROHNA with a radio-controlled, rocket-boosted 
        bomb;
Whereas 1,015 United States service members and more than 100 British and Allied 
        officers and crewmen perished as a result of the attack;
Whereas hundreds died immediately when the bomb struck and hundreds more died 
        when darkness and rough seas limited rescue efforts;
Whereas many families still do not know the circumstances of the deaths of loved 
        ones who died as a result of the attack;
Whereas more than 900 United States service members survived the attack under 
        extremely adverse circumstances;
Whereas United States, British, and French rescuers worked valiantly to save the 
        passengers and crew who made it off the HMT ROHNA into the sea;
Whereas one United States ship, the USS PIONEER, picked up many of those who 
        were saved;
Whereas because of inadequate record keeping, some survivors of the attack 
        struggled for years to verify the details of the sinking of the HMT 
        ROHNA;
Whereas the men who died as a result of the attack on the HMT ROHNA have been 
        largely forgotten by the Nation; and
Whereas the Congress and the people of the United States have never recognized 
        the bravery and sacrifice of the United States service members who died 
        as a result of the sinking of the HMT ROHNA or the United States service 
        members who survived the sinking and continued to serve the Nation 
        valiantly abroad during the war: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That the Congress expresses appreciation for--
            (1) the United States service members who died in the 
        sinking of the HMT ROHNA, for the heroic sacrifice they made 
        for freedom and the defense of the Nation;
            (2) the United States service members who survived the 
        sinking of the HMT ROHNA, for their bravery in the face of 
        disaster and their subsequent service during the war on behalf 
        of the Nation;
            (3) the families of all of these service members; and
            (4) the United States, British, and French rescuers, 
        especially the crew of the USS PIONEER, who endangered their 
        lives to save the passengers and crew of the HMT ROHNA.

            Passed the House of Representatives October 10, 2000.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.