[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 362 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]







108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 362

 Expressing the sense of the Senate on the dedication of the National 
  World War II Memorial on May 29, 2004, in recognition of the duty, 
sacrifices, and valor of the members of the Armed Forces of the United 
                   States who served in World War II.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 13, 2004

   Mr. Graham of Florida (for himself, Mr. Specter, Mr. Edwards, Mr. 
   Levin, Mr. Reed, Mr. Feingold, Ms. Murkowski, Ms. Cantwell, Mrs. 
Murray, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Biden, Mr. Corzine, Mr. Daschle, Ms. Stabenow, 
 Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Graham  of South Carolina, 
Mr. Talent, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Santorum, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Bond, 
 Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Miller, Mr. Inouye, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Stevens, Mr. 
   Fitzgerald, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Breaux, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Dayton, Mr. 
  Dorgan, Mr. Coleman, Mrs. Dole, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. 
 Rockefeller, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Bayh, Mr. Burns, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Reid, 
  Mr. Sessions, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Cornyn, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
 Wyden, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Craig, Mr. Bunning, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kohl, Mr. 
   Warner, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Brownback, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. 
 Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Chafee, Mr. 
Hatch, Mrs. Boxer, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Gregg, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Baucus, Mr. 
  Durbin, Mr. McCain, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Hollings, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. 
Smith, Mr. Sununu, Mr. Nickles, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Ensign, 
  Mr. Carper, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
  Enzi, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Allen, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Allard, Mr. Pryor, Mr. 
    Frist, Mr. Roberts, and Mrs. Feinstein) submitted the following 
    resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

                              May 20, 2004

                Reported by Mr. Hatch, without amendment

                              May 21, 2004

                        Considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the Senate on the dedication of the National 
  World War II Memorial on May 29, 2004, in recognition of the duty, 
sacrifices, and valor of the members of the Armed Forces of the United 
                   States who served in World War II.

Whereas the National World War II Memorial is being dedicated on Saturday, May 
        29, 2004, on the National Mall in Washington, District of Columbia;
Whereas the National World War II Memorial, a monument of granite and bronze, 
        has a fitting location on the National Mall situated between the 
        Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial and flanked by memorials 
        dedicated to the members of the Armed Forces of the United States who 
        served and died in the Korean War and in the Vietnam era;
Whereas the National World War II Memorial is dedicated to the more than 
        16,000,000 individuals from the 48 States, the District of Columbia, and 
        the territories and possession of the United States who served in the 
        Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and Merchant Marine in 
        World War II;
Whereas on May 29, 2004, hundreds of thousands of veterans, and their families 
        and friends, from across the United States will gather on the National 
        Mall to join in the dedication of the National World War II Memorial and 
        to pay homage to the memory of the more than 400,000 members of the 
        Armed Forces of the United States who died while serving during World 
        War II and the more than 10,000,000 veterans of the Armed Forces of the 
        United States in World War II who have died since the end of World War 
        II;
Whereas on May 29, 2004, the Nation will pay tribute to all the members of the 
        Armed Forces of the United States who served in World War II;
Whereas on May 29, 2004, the Nation will remember the duty, sacrifices, and 
        valor of the members of the Armed Forces of the United States who served 
        on land and sea and in the air in the more than 89 campaigns conducted 
        in the European and Pacific theaters of operations in World War II;
 Whereas on May 29, 2004, the Nation will acknowledge that the men and women who 
        served in the Armed Forces of the United States in World War II came 
        from all the States, the District of Columbia, and all the territories 
        and possessions of the United States and represented men and women of 
        all races, religions, ethnic groups, professions, educational 
        attainments, and backgrounds, all united in the goal of serving their 
        Country and preserving freedom; and
Whereas construction of the National World War II Memorial would not have been 
        possible without the donations of hundreds of thousands of individual 
        Americans, as well as corporations, foundations, veterans groups, 
        professional and fraternal organizations, communities, and schools, who 
        all acknowledged that a memorial should be constructed in the National 
        Capital to recognize and pay tribute to the duty, sacrifices, and valor 
        of all the members of the Armed Forces of the United States who served 
        in World War II: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate--
            (1) to express the grateful thanks of the Nation to the 
        more than 16,000,000 individuals who served in the Army, Army 
        Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and Merchant Marine 
        in World War II and to the millions of Americans on the home 
        front who contributed to the war effort during World War II; 
        and
            (2) to recognize the dedication of the National World War 
        II Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, District of 
        Columbia, on May 29, 2004, as an occasion to acknowledge and 
        pay tribute to the duty, sacrifices, and valor of all the 
        members of the Armed Forces of the United States who served in 
        World War II, a group known collectively as the ``Greatest 
        Generation''.
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