Amended in Assembly June 27, 2013

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 63

Introduced by Assembly Member Nestande

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(Coauthors: Assembly Members Allen, Atkins, Bloom, Blumenfield, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gorell, Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hernández, Holden, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal, Maienschein, Mansoor, Mitchell, Morrell, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, John A. Pérez, V. Manuel Pérez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, and Yamada)

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June 5, 2013

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 63—Relative to United States Korean War Veterans Day.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

ACR 63, as amended, Nestande. United States Korean War Veterans Day.

This bill would recognize June 25, 2013, and every June 25th thereafter as United States Korean War Veterans Day.

Fiscal committee: no.

WHEREAS, The Korean War was initiated by the North Korean
People’s Army on June 25, 1950, at 4:30 a.m., when it crossed the
38th Parallel and invaded the Republic of Korea with 135,000
soldiers; and

WHEREAS, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States
of America, ordered the United States Army’s 24th Infantry
Division to be deployed to South Korea to repulse the invaders;
and

WHEREAS, The officers and enlisted personnel assigned to the
United States Army’s 24th Infantry Division engaged the North
Korean People’s Army on July 5, 1950, just 10 short days after
the initial invasion; and

WHEREAS, The men and women of the California National
Guard, the United States Army, the United States Marine Corps,
the United States Navy, the United States Air Force, and the United
States Coast Guard fought with valor, gallantry, and distinction to
rebuff and repel the North Korean invaders and their allies from
the People’s Republic of China; and

WHEREAS, The men and women of the United States Armed
Forces and the South Korean Armed Forces were joined in fierce
combat by many allied nations under the banner of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization; and

WHEREAS, Thirty-three thousand six hundred eighty-six
members of the United States Armed Forces died in battle during
the 36 months the war raged, another 8,176 were declared missing
in action, and thousands more were wounded by enemy fire, and
some 2,611 Californians died in the fierce fighting that was the
Korean War; and

WHEREAS, June 25, 2013, will mark the 60th anniversary of
the beginning of the Korean War and it is vital to recognize this
war and these warriors who stopped the spread of communist
aggression and communism into South Korea; now, therefore, be
it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That June 25, 2013, and every June 25th
thereafter, shall be known in the State of California, its counties,
and its cities as United States Korean War Veterans Day in formal
recognition by this state of the patriotism, valor, fidelity, and
sacrifices of the members of the California National Guard, the
United States Army, the United States Marines, the United States
Navy, the United States Coast Guard, and federal and state reserve
personnel; and be it further

Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies
of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.