BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: June 24, 2013
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
Nancy Skinner, Chair
ACR 63 (Nestande) - As Introduced: June 5, 2013
SUBJECT : United States Korean War Veterans Day.
SUMMARY : Recognizes June 25, 2013, and every June 25th
thereafter as United States Korean War Veterans Day.
Specifically, this resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1)The Korean War was initiated by the North Korean People's Army
on June 25, 1950, when it crossed the 38th Parallel and
invaded the Republic of Korea with 135,000 soldiers.
2)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 the
officers and enlisted personnel assigned to this division
engaged the North Korean People's Army on July 5, 1950, just
10 days after the initial invasion.
3)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, 33, 686 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.
4)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.
FISCAL EFFECT : None
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
None on file
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Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared by : Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800