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GA HR1724
Resolution
Status
Passed
3/17/2010
Primary Sponsor
Rick Crawford
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AI Summary
- Commends the Sergeant Billy Freeman Chapter 317 of the National Korean War Veterans Association, based in Rome, Georgia, and recognizes the 60th anniversary of the June 25, 1950, invasion of South Korea by Communist North Korea.
- Notes that 36,574 American troops were killed and 103,284 were wounded in the Korean War, which the U.S. Congress officially redesignated from "Korean Conflict" to "Korean War" in 1990.
- Recognizes that over 99,000 Georgians served in Korea, with 11,040 wounded and 740 killed, and that Sergeant Billy Freeman was the first of 15 soldiers from Rome and Floyd County, Georgia, to die in battle in Korea.
- The chapter planned to join with the Korean Association of Rome and Northwest Georgia and the National Association of Korean War Veterans to support a three-year observance commemorating the invasion and cessation of hostilities.
- Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to transmit a copy of the resolution to the Sergeant Billy Freeman Chapter 317 of the National Korean War Veterans Association.
Legislative Description
Sergeant Billy Freeman Chapter 317; National Korean War Veterans Assoc.; commend
Last Action
House Read and Adopted
3/17/2010
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