 
Senate Resolution No. 2714
 
BY: Senator HARCKHAM
 
        RECOGNIZING  March  29,  2020, 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, 2020, 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,  2020,  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, 2020, as Vietnam Veterans Day

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