 
Senate Resolution No. 3874
 
BY: Senator MURPHY
 
        RECOGNIZING March 29, 2018 as Vietnam Veterans Day
 
  WHEREAS,  The  State  of New York takes great pride in acknowledging
days of observance of significant historic events; and
 
  WHEREAS, March 29, 2018, has been declared Vietnam Veterans Day; and
 
  WHEREAS, The United States carried  out  its  first  combat  mission
against  the Viet Cong on January 12, 1962; in Operation Chopper, United
States Army pilots lifted more than 1,000 South Vietnam service  members
over  jungle  and  underbrush  to  capture  a  National Liberation Front
stronghold near Saigon; and
 
  WHEREAS, The last American troops left Vietnam on  March  29,  1973;
and
 
  WHEREAS,   During   the   11-year   war,  Americans  from  different
backgrounds, races, and creeds banded together to fight against the Viet
Cong; and
 
  WHEREAS, More than three million Americans served their country, and
more than 58,000 sacrificed their lives; the names  of  those  lost  are
forever  engraved  in  the black granite Vietnam Memorial in Washington,
D.C.; and
 
  WHEREAS, The Vietnam War era was a tumultuous time in America;  when
our  brave  service  members  returned  home,  often  with  physical and
emotional scars, the voices of those who opposed the war sadly  overcame
those who supported our troops; and
 
  WHEREAS,  The  State of New York wishes to show its Vietnam veterans
the respect and appreciation they deserve, but did not always  get  when
they returned home; now, therefore, be it
 
  RESOLVED,  That  this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
recognize March 29, 2018, as Vietnam Veterans  Day,  and  to  thank  our
brave Vietnam veterans for their honorable service to their country; and
be it further
 
  RESOLVED,  that  copies  of  this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to Vietnam veteran organizations.
Recognizing March 29, 2018 as Vietnam Veterans Day

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