| 1 | 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION No. 6018 |
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| 2 | 2 | | A RESOLUTION recognizing March 29, 2025, as Vietnam War Veterans Day and honoring |
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| 3 | 3 | | the Vietnam War veterans for their service and sacrifice. |
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| 4 | 4 | | WHEREAS, The United States Vietnam War Veterans Recognition Act |
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| 5 | 5 | | of 2017 was signed into law, designating every March 29 as national |
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| 6 | 6 | | Vietnam War Veterans Day; and |
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| 7 | 7 | | WHEREAS, March 29, 1973, marks the day that the United States |
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| 8 | 8 | | Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, was disestablished and the last |
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| 9 | 9 | | day that United States combat troops departed Vietnam; and |
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| 10 | 10 | | WHEREAS, This special day honors the nearly 9,000,000 Americans |
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| 11 | 11 | | who served during the Vietnam War, including the 58,000 Americans who |
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| 12 | 12 | | did not return home, and those who did not receive the recognition they |
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| 13 | 13 | | deserved when they returned from war; and |
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| 14 | 14 | | WHEREAS, Of the 154,678 veterans who call Kansas home, over |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | /3 or |
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| 17 | 17 | | approximately 60,000 Kansas veterans served during the Vietnam War: |
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| 18 | 18 | | Now, therefore, |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Kansas: |
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| 20 | 20 | | That we recognize March 29, 2025, as Vietnam War Veterans Day in |
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| 21 | 21 | | Kansas; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it further resolved: That we honor all Vietnam War veterans and |
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| 23 | 23 | | their families for their service and sacrifice. |
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| 25 | 25 | | I hereby certify that the above RESOLUTION originated in the |
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| 26 | 26 | | HOUSE, and was adopted by that body |
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| 29 | 29 | | Speaker of the House. |
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| 31 | 31 | | Chief Clerk of the House. |
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