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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIO N 123 |
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| 5 | 5 | | February 19, 2024 - Introduced by Senators TESTIN, BALLWEG, CARPENTER, COWLES, |
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| 6 | 6 | | MARKLEIN, NASS, SPREITZER, WANGGAARD and WIRCH, cosponsored by |
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| 7 | 7 | | Representatives GUNDRUM, C. ANDERSON, ARMSTRONG, BARE, BEHNKE, |
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| 8 | 8 | | BINSFELD, CALLAHAN, DITTRICH, DONOVAN, DRAKE, DUCHOW, EDMING, |
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| 9 | 9 | | GUSTAFSON, JACOBSON, JOERS, KRUG, MAGNAFICI, MAXEY, MOORE OMOKUNDE, |
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| 10 | 10 | | NOVAK, O'CONNOR, OHNSTAD, ORTIZ-VELEZ, PETRYK, RATCLIFF, RETTINGER, |
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| 11 | 11 | | ROZAR, TITTL, SCHMIDT, SCHRAA, SHANKLAND, SINICKI, SORTWELL, SPIROS, |
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| 12 | 12 | | TUSLER, WITTKE and VANDERMEER. Referred to Committee on Senate |
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| 13 | 13 | | Organization. |
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| 14 | 14 | | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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| 15 | 15 | | Relating to: commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Whereas, on September 1, 1939, Germany declared war on Poland and started |
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| 17 | 17 | | the Second World War; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | Whereas, France surrendered on June 25, 1940, and was occupied by the Axis |
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| 19 | 19 | | countries of Germany and Italy; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | Whereas, the United States entered the war following the Japanese attack at |
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| 21 | 21 | | Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | Whereas, at the Trident Conference in May 1943, American President Franklin |
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| 23 | 23 | | D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill decided an Allied |
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| 24 | 24 | | invasion of German-occupied France would take place in 1944; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | Whereas, more than 150,000 soldiers and 190,000 naval personnel participated |
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| 26 | 26 | | in airborne operations and the amphibious landings at beaches along the Normandy |
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| 27 | 27 | | coastline code-named Omaha, Utah, Gold, Juno, and Sword; and |
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| 28 | 28 | | Whereas, American, British, Canadian, Free French, and Free Polish divisions |
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| 29 | 29 | | participated in the invasion, which commenced June 6, 1944; and |
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| 48 | 48 | | Whereas, Allied forces received additional support from the French Resistance; |
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| 49 | 49 | | and |
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| 50 | 50 | | Whereas, more than 9,000 Allied troops were killed or wounded during the first |
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| 51 | 51 | | 24 hours of the invasion; and |
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| 52 | 52 | | Whereas, the Normandy landings were the beginning of the liberation of |
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| 53 | 53 | | Western Europe from Axis control; and |
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| 54 | 54 | | Whereas, the French capital of Paris was liberated from German control on |
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| 55 | 55 | | August 25, 1944; now, therefore, be it |
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| 56 | 56 | | Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That the members of the |
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| 57 | 57 | | Wisconsin Legislature solemnly recognize June 6, 2024, as the 80th anniversary of |
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| 58 | 58 | | the D-Day invasion and pay tribute to the millions of American and other Allied |
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| 59 | 59 | | troops who served honorably during the Second World War. |
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