[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 122 (Wednesday, July 26, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S10738]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


       SENATE RESOLUTION 156--RELATIVE TO THE U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE

  Mr. THURMOND submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on Armed Services:

                              S. Res. 156

       Whereas in World War II, the United States Army Air Forces 
     played a decisive role in turning the tide of war both in 
     Europe and the Pacific.
       Whereas the price for this role in victory was high, with 
     more than 50,000 Army Air Forces personnel killed in combat.
       Whereas the strategic air campaign of the Army Air Forces 
     in Europe during World War II successfully crippled the 
     industrial and economic infrastructure and communications and 
     transportation networks of Germany.
       Whereas the Army Air Forces supported ground forces and 
     gained air supremacy in the skies over the beaches of the D-
     Day invasion of Europe, an operation that set the stage for 
     the downfall of the Third Reich.
       Whereas in August 1942, the Army Air Forces commenced air 
     operations that established air supremacy in the Southwest 
     Pacific, thereby contributing significantly to victory in the 
     battles for New Guinea and the Philippines.
       Whereas the Army Air Forces supported the strategic and 
     tactical thrusts of the Armed Forces across the central 
     Pacific, the Aleutians, and the China-Burma-India Theater: 
     Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) recognizes the courage, sacrifice, and devotion to duty 
     of the personnel of the United States Army Air Forces in 
     World War II; and
       (2) recognizes the outstanding and critical contribution of 
     the Army Air Forces to the worldwide victory of the United 
     States in World War II.
     

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