[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 178 (Thursday, November 7, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S6482]
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  SENATE RESOLUTION 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

  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:

                              S. Res. 415

       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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