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CA ACR127

Concurrent Resolution

Official Source

Status

Passed

6/17/2014

Primary Sponsor

Rob Bonta

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Origin

State Assembly

2013-2014 Session

AI Summary

  • Designates April 9, 2014, and every April 9 thereafter, as Bataan Death March Veterans Commemoration Day in California
  • Commemorates the April 9, 1942 event when the Japanese Army forced 78,000 Filipino and American soldiers to march 82 miles from Bataan to Camp O'Donnell during World War II
  • Acknowledges that approximately 10,000 soldiers died during the march and that survivors were forced to labor in prison camps in the Philippines and Japan
  • Recognizes the Bataan Death March as the greatest loss of American and Filipino prisoners of war during World War II and calls for state recognition of these veterans' sacrifices
  • Aligns with the federal government's annual recognition of April 9 as National Former Prisoner of War Day

Legislative Description

Bataan Death March Veterans Commemoration Day.

Last Action

Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 69, Statutes of 2014.

6/17/2014

Committee Referrals

Rules5/15/2014
Rules4/7/2014

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