[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 415 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 415

   Expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States Postal 
  Service should issue a commemorative postage stamp series honoring 
    women veterans of the Armed Forces and that the Citizens' Stamp 
Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General that such 
                       a stamp series be issued.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 7, 2019

 Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Warren (for herself, Ms. Murkowski, Ms. McSally, 
Mr. Tester, Ms. Harris, Mr. Sullivan, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Hassan, and 
Mrs. Capito)) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
      the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

                           November 14, 2019

             Committee discharged; considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States Postal 
  Service should issue a commemorative postage stamp series honoring 
    women veterans of the Armed Forces and that the Citizens' Stamp 
Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General that such 
                       a stamp series be issued.

Whereas there are approximately 2,000,000 women veterans of the Armed Forces 
        living in the United States, who have served the United States with 
        honor and distinction, yet the service of those women is often forgotten 
        and they become ``invisible veterans'';
Whereas women veterans of the Armed Forces have made invaluable contributions to 
        the United States since the American Revolution;
Whereas Deborah Sampson of Massachusetts and Margaret Corbin of New York served 
        during the American Revolution and were wounded in combat, and Congress 
        granted pensions to both pioneering women for their service;
Whereas Dr. Mary Edwards Walker served as a surgeon during the American Civil 
        War and is the only woman to have been awarded the Medal of Honor;
Whereas Cathay Williams, who was born a slave, enlisted in the Regular Army 
        disguised as a man and served in the American West for 3 years;
Whereas Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee, a nurse in the Navy who served during World War 
        I, was the first woman to receive the Navy Cross;
Whereas Lieutenant Colonel Charity Adams Earley, Women's Army Corps, commanded 
        the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion during World War II, which 
        was the only all-African-American unit of the Women's Army Corps to 
        serve overseas during that war;
Whereas Hazel Lee, the first Asian-American woman to become a pilot in the Armed 
        Forces, flew with the Women Airforce Service Pilots during World War II;
Whereas Colonel Mary Louise Rasmuson enlisted in the Army as a private during 
        World War II as part of an effort to use women as military 
        professionals, continued to serve after the war, was appointed by 
        President Dwight D. Eisenhower as Director of the Women's Army Corps in 
        1957 and reappointed by President John F. Kennedy in 1961, was awarded 
        the Legion of Merit for her work to successfully integrate Black women 
        into the Women's Army Corps, increased the strength of the Women's Army 
        Corps by nearly 25 percent, ensured that the Army opened 26 new military 
        occupational specialties for active duty enlisted women and 50 such 
        specialties for women reservists, and successfully fought for 
        legislation to approve active duty credit for service in the Women's 
        Army Auxiliary Corps, the precursor to the Women's Army Corps, to 
        correct inequities for reserve officers of the Women's Army Corps;
Whereas Margaret Zane Fleming and her 12 colleagues with the 1st Mobile Army 
        Surgical Hospital who landed at Inchon, Korea, on September 15, 1950, 
        and the many other nurses, physical therapists, pharmacists, and other 
        women who saved lives were on the front lines of not only the Korean War 
        but also of medical trauma care;
Whereas 8 women gave their lives while serving in the Armed Forces in Vietnam, 
        including First Lieutenant Sharon Ann Lane, Second Lieutenant Pamela 
        Dorothy Donovan, Lieutenant Colonel Annie Ruth Graham, Captain Mary 
        Therese Klinker, Second Lieutenant Carol Ann Elizabeth Drazba, Second 
        Lieutenant Elizabeth Ann Jones, Captain Eleanor Grace Alexander, and 
        First Lieutenant Hedwig Diane Orlowski;
Whereas Specialist Lori Piestewa, a member of the Hopi Tribe, was the first 
        Native-American woman in history to die in combat while serving in the 
        Armed Forces and the first woman member of the Armed Forces killed in 
        Operation Iraqi Freedom;
Whereas First Lieutenant Ashley White and Captain Jennifer Moreno, both soldiers 
        and members of the Cultural Support Teams of the Army, gave their lives 
        for the United States while serving in action alongside the special 
        operations forces they supported in Afghanistan;
Whereas United States Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Shannon Kent, cryptologic 
        technician, wife, and mother, was killed in action in Manbij, Syria;
Whereas all women who have served in the Armed Forces throughout our Nation's 
        history, whether at the front, in support positions behind the lines, or 
        here at home have marked a trail of honor for those who will follow 
        them; and
Whereas these women warriors and millions of others should be honored for their 
        service and recognized for their important contributions to the United 
        States: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that--
            (1) the United States Postal Service should issue a 
        commemorative postage stamp series honoring women veterans of 
        the Armed Forces; and
            (2) the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend 
        to the Postmaster General that such a stamp series be issued.
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