[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1251 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1251

Recognizing and honoring the United States troops who gave their lives 
                  on D-Day at the Battle of Normandy.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 14, 2010

    Mr. Poe of Texas (for himself and Mr. Thornberry) submitted the 
  following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Armed 
                                Services

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Recognizing and honoring the United States troops who gave their lives 
                  on D-Day at the Battle of Normandy.

Whereas June 6 marks the 66th anniversary of the D-Day landings at Normandy, 
        France;
Whereas more than 150,000 troops of the Allied forces participated in the 
        Normandy landings;
Whereas 31,000 United States soldiers stormed the beaches of Normandy on D-Day 
        and more than 6,000 of them gave their lives fighting for the cause of 
        freedom;
Whereas, on June 6, 1944, close to 31,000 Allied airmen flew 7,500 raids between 
        midnight and 8 a.m.;
Whereas 5,000 ships carrying soldiers and supplies crossed the English Channel;
Whereas the United States shipped 7,000,000 tons of supplies, of which 448,000 
        tons was ammunition;
Whereas 800 Allied planes dropped over 13,000 men in parachutes;
Whereas 300 Allied planes dropped bombs on German troops defending the beaches;
Whereas Allied troops came ashore on a 60-mile front in the largest seaborne 
        invasion in history;
Whereas more than 100,000 Allied soldiers made it ashore while 9,000 of their 
        comrades were wounded or died;
Whereas there are 9,386 graves in Colleville-sur-Mer, the largest United States 
        cemetery in Northern France where all graves face west, toward the 
        United States;
Whereas there are 307 graves containing the remains of unknown soldiers;
Whereas within the Garden of the Missing there are 1,557 names of soldiers who 
        were never found;
Whereas the average age of United States soldiers fighting in the Battle of 
        Normandy was 20 years old;
Whereas captured Germans were sent to United States prisoner of war (POW) camps 
        at the rate of 30,000 POWs per month from D-Day until Christmas 1944; 
        and
Whereas the Allied landings on D-Day led to the liberation of France and 
        culminated in the ultimate annihilation of the Nazi empire: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) honors the United States troops who gave their lives in 
        the Battle of Normandy;
            (2) recognizes the 66th anniversary of the D-Day landings 
        at Normandy, France; and
            (3) expresses gratitude to the ``greatest generation'' of 
        United States soldiers who fearlessly fought for freedom.
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