[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 15509-15510]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     YEAR OF THE KOREAN WAR VETERAN

  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the 
immediate consideration of S. Res. 602.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 602) designating 2012-2013 as the 
     ``Year of the Korean War Veteran'' and recognizing the 60th 
     anniversary of the Korean War.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, 
the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 
table, with no intervening action or debate, and any related statements 
be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 602) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 602

       Whereas, on June 25, 1950, the Communist Democratic 
     People's Republic of Korea began the Korean War by invading 
     the Republic of Korea with approximately 135,000 troops;
       Whereas nearly 1,800,000 members of the United States Armed 
     Forces served along with the forces of the Republic of Korea 
     and 20 other Allied nations in the Korean theater of 
     operations to defend freedom and democracy in the Korean 
     Peninsula;
       Whereas, during the Korean War, 36,574 people from the 
     United States died and 103,284 people from the United States 
     were wounded in some of the most horrific combat and weather 
     conditions in the history of warfare;
       Whereas almost 60 years have passed since the signing of 
     the cease-fire agreement at Panmunjom on July 27, 1953, and 
     the Korean Peninsula still technically remains in a state of 
     war;
       Whereas the Korean War has for many years been a 
     ``Forgotten War'' for people in the United States;
       Whereas Korean War veterans deserve to be recognized by the 
     people of the United States for their honorable and 
     courageous service in defense of democracy and freedom during 
     the Korean War;
       Whereas the tide of communism on the southern \1/2\ of the 
     Korean Peninsula was halted, liberty triumphed over tyranny, 
     and the Republic of Korea has developed into a modern and 
     prosperous democracy because of the selfless sacrifice of the 
     Korean War veterans;
       Whereas the people of the United States and the Republic of 
     Korea are eternally grateful to the Korean War veterans;
       Whereas the history of the Korean War should be included in 
     the curriculum of schools in the United States so that future 
     generations never forget the sacrifices of the Korean War 
     veterans and what those veterans accomplished;
       Whereas the Department of Defense 60th Anniversary of the 
     Korean War Commemoration Committee will implement a national 
     campaign to honor the Korean War veterans,

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     remember those Korean War veterans still counted among the 
     missing in action, and educate the people of the United 
     States concerning the ongoing relevance of the Korean War; 
     and
       Whereas the commemorative campaign will include ceremonies 
     in the United States and the Republic of Korea in recognition 
     of the beginning (June 25, 1950) and the armistice ending 
     hostilities (July 27, 1953), as well as a national media and 
     outreach campaign for Veterans Day 2012 to honor the Korean 
     War veterans: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) designates 2012-2013 as the ``Year of the Korean War 
     Veteran'';
       (2) recognizes the 60th anniversary of the Korean War; and
       (3) honors the contributions and sacrifices made by the 
     Korean War veterans.

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