Second Regular Session
Seventy-third General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
ENGROSSED
LLS NO. R22-0826.01 Asia Merrill x4829
HJR22-1009
House Committees Senate Committees
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 22-1009
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ONCERNING HONORING COLORADO VETE RANS ON THE101
SEVENTY-SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF WORLD WAR102
II.103
WHEREAS, During the years 1941 to 1945, some 250,000 of1
Colorado's sons and daughters served in World War II, and of those, over2
3,500 were killed in action or from wounds suffered on the battlefield;3
and4
WHEREAS, Of the 3,586 Coloradans who gave the last full5
measure of devotion, offering their lives so that others might live freely,6
over half never came home, their remains unrecovered or buried in7
American military cemeteries around the world; and8
WHEREAS, The State of Colorado has a rich history of service in9
HOUSE
Final Reading
February 4, 2022
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Weissman and Hanks, Amabile, Bacon, Benavidez, Bernett, Bird, Bockenfeld,
Boesenecker, Bradfield, Caraveo, Carver, Catlin, Cutter, Daugherty, Esgar, Exum, Froelich,
Garnett, Geitner, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Gray, Herod, Holtorf, Hooton, Jodeh, Kennedy, Kipp,
Larson, Lindsay, Lontine, Luck, Lynch, McCluskie, McCormick, McKean, McLachlan,
Michaelson Jenet, Mullica, Neville, Ortiz, Pelton, Pico, Ransom, Rich, Ricks, Roberts,
Sandridge, Sirota, Snyder, Soper, Sullivan, Tipper, Titone, Valdez A., Valdez D., Van Beber,
Van Winkle, Will, Williams, Woodrow, Woog, Young
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Donovan and Liston,
Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing statute.
Dashes through the words indicate deletions from existing statute. World War II as home of the famed 10th Mountain Division, which1
trained in the Colorado Rockies at Camp Hale on Tennessee Pass, and the2
Colorado National Guard's 157th Infantry Regiment, which spent 5113
days in continuous combat during World War II, including four4
amphibious landings. Under the command of Captain Felix Sparks, the5
157th Infantry Regiment liberated the Dachau concentration camp.6
Members of both units from Colorado are honored on the Colorado7
Freedom Memorial in Aurora; and8
WHEREAS, The Colorado Freedom Memorial, dedicated in 2013,9
honors all Colorado veterans killed in action since the Spanish-American10
War, and all 3,586 of those killed in World War II are included, making11
the Colorado Freedom Memorial the only memorial in Colorado to honor12
all of our fallen, by name, in one place; and13
WHEREAS, The Colorado Freedom Memorial pays tribute to the14
men and women of Colorado who served in World War II, those who15
gave all, and those who returned home to build Colorado into the16
beautiful state it is today; now, therefore,17
Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Seventy-third18
General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the Senate concurring herein:19
That we, the General Assembly, in recognition of the heroic efforts20
and great sacrifice of World War II veterans from Colorado and across21
the United States, hereby recognize this commemoration of the 77th22
anniversary of the end of World War II and encourage support throughout23
the House of Representatives and the Senate.24
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