[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 78 (Tuesday, June 16, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S6416]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. INOUYE:
  S. 2177. A bill to express the sense of the Congress that the 
President should award a Presidential unit citation to the final crew 
of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, which was sunk on July 30, 1945; to the 
Committee on Armed Services.


           presidential unit citation to the uss indianapolis

 Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, today I am introducing a Sense of 
the Congress bill which calls upon the President to award a 
Presidential Unit Citation to the final crew of the U.S.S. Indianapolis 
(CA-35) that recognizes the courage, fortitude, and heroism displayed 
by the crew in the face of tremendous hardship and adversity after 
their ship was torpedoed and sunk on July 30, 1945.
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