BILL ANALYSIS �
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Date of Hearing: June 2, 2014
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
Richard S. Gordon, Chair
SCR 107 (Hueso) - As Amended: May 22, 2014
SENATE VOTE : 33-0
SUBJECT : D-Day Remembrance Day.
SUMMARY : Commemorates the 70th anniversary of the D-Day
Invasion by proclaiming June 6, 2014, as D-Day Remembrance Day
and urges the Governor to instruct all state agencies to fly the
flag of the United States and the flag of California at
half-mast on that day, in recognition of the heroism and
sacrifices of the participants in those landings. Specifically,
this resolution : makes the following legislative findings:
1. The Second World War, which lasted from 1939 to 1945,
was the most widespread war in human history, directly
involving more than 100 million people from more than 30
different countries, which were split between two opposing
military alliances - the Allies, led by the United States
of America and the United Kingdom, and the Axis, led by
Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan.
2. The Axis powers initiated military aggression and
maintained the strategic momentum until gradually slowed by
Allied resistance in late 1942 and 1943, after which the
Allies reversed the momentum and commenced operations to
liberate Axis-conquered lands, such operations including
Operation Overlord, a massive military and naval effort
toward the reclamation of German-occupied Western Europe.
3. The combat operations of Operation Overlord, also known
as the D-Day Landings, began on June 6, 1944, with an
Allied invasion from England into German-occupied Normandy
(France).
4. Despite the terrible cost in human life, the ultimately
successful execution of the D-Day invasion led directly to
the liberation of Western Europe, the fall of Adolf Hitler,
and the defeat of Nazi Germany during the subsequent 11
months.
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5. June 6, 2014, represents the 70th anniversary of the
D-Day Landings, and serves as a direct reminder of the
extraordinary sacrifices made by members of the U.S. Armed
Forces on D-Day, and also, indirectly, to the sacrifices
made during the rest of the Second World War and in all
other armed conflicts past, present, and future.
FISCAL EFFECT : None
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
None on file
Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared by : Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800