[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 434 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 434

  Commending the persons who were inducted for service in the United 
                States Armed Forces during World War II.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 20, 2004

  Mr. Filner submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
  Commending the persons who were inducted for service in the United 
                States Armed Forces during World War II.

Whereas, one year after Germany's invasion of Poland in September 1939, the 
        Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 was enacted, providing the 
        President the authority to induct up to 900,000 men between the ages of 
        21 and 36 into the Armed Forces each year;
Whereas, on December 13, 1941, 5 days after the United States entered World War 
        II, that Act was amended to allow for an increase in the number of men 
        authorized to be inducted into the Armed Forces each year;
Whereas, of the 16,112,566 United States uniformed personnel who served during 
        World War II, 10,110,000 were persons who had been inducted into the 
        Armed Forces, sometimes referred to as draftees;
Whereas, after World War II ended in 1945, millions of veterans, including those 
        who had been inducted for service during World War II, returned to 
        civilian life, sought new careers, and enrolled in college;
Whereas the education program established by the Servicemen's Readjustment Act 
        of 1944, also referred to as the GI Bill, became the bedrock of the 
        greatest expansion of industrial, commercial, and technological 
        innovation in the history of the Nation;
Whereas the veterans who served during World War II have distinguished 
        themselves in war and peace, earned the Nation's highest honors, and 
        left a legacy unmatched in the Nation's history; and
Whereas June 6, 2004, is a suitable occasion to recognize the persons who were 
        inducted into the Armed Forces for service during World War II because 
        it is the 60th anniversary of D-Day, when tens of thousands of persons 
        who had been inducted into the Armed Forces were among the allied forces 
        that invaded Normandy, France: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That the Congress commends the millions of persons who were inducted 
into the United States Armed Forces during World War II and served with 
great courage and valor to advance the frontiers of freedom around the 
world.
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