[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 434 Introduced in House (IH)]
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. CON. RES. 434
Commending the persons who were inducted for service in the United
States Armed Forces during World War II.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 20, 2004
Mr. Filner submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was
referred to the Committee on Armed Services
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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Commending the persons who were inducted for service in the United
States Armed Forces during World War II.
Whereas, one year after Germany's invasion of Poland in September 1939, the
Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 was enacted, providing the
President the authority to induct up to 900,000 men between the ages of
21 and 36 into the Armed Forces each year;
Whereas, on December 13, 1941, 5 days after the United States entered World War
II, that Act was amended to allow for an increase in the number of men
authorized to be inducted into the Armed Forces each year;
Whereas, of the 16,112,566 United States uniformed personnel who served during
World War II, 10,110,000 were persons who had been inducted into the
Armed Forces, sometimes referred to as draftees;
Whereas, after World War II ended in 1945, millions of veterans, including those
who had been inducted for service during World War II, returned to
civilian life, sought new careers, and enrolled in college;
Whereas the education program established by the Servicemen's Readjustment Act
of 1944, also referred to as the GI Bill, became the bedrock of the
greatest expansion of industrial, commercial, and technological
innovation in the history of the Nation;
Whereas the veterans who served during World War II have distinguished
themselves in war and peace, earned the Nation's highest honors, and
left a legacy unmatched in the Nation's history; and
Whereas June 6, 2004, is a suitable occasion to recognize the persons who were
inducted into the Armed Forces for service during World War II because
it is the 60th anniversary of D-Day, when tens of thousands of persons
who had been inducted into the Armed Forces were among the allied forces
that invaded Normandy, France: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),
That the Congress commends the millions of persons who were inducted
into the United States Armed Forces during World War II and served with
great courage and valor to advance the frontiers of freedom around the
world.
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