AJR115: Joint Resolution Text

LRB-5836/1

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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE

2023 Assembly JOINT RESOLUTION 115

February 12, 2024 - Introduced by Representatives Gundrum, Armstrong, Bare, Behnke, Binsfeld, Callahan, Dittrich, Donovan, Drake, Duchow, Edming, Gustafson, Jacobson, Krug, Magnafici, Maxey, Moore Omokunde, Novak, O'Connor, Ohnstad, Ortiz-Velez, Petryk, Ratcliff, Rettinger, Rozar, Tittl, Schmidt, Shankland, Sinicki, Sortwell, Spiros, Tusler and Wittke, cosponsored by Senators Testin, Ballweg, Carpenter, Cowles, Marklein, Nass, Spreitzer and Wirch. Referred to Committee on Rules.

AJR115,1,1 Relating to: commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day.

AJR115,1,3 Whereas, on September 1, 1939, Germany declared war on Poland and started the Second World War; and

AJR115,1,5 Whereas, France surrendered on June 25, 1940, and was occupied by the Axis countries of Germany and Italy; and

AJR115,1,7 Whereas, the United States entered the war following the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; and

AJR115,1,10 Whereas, at the Trident Conference in May 1943, American President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill decided an Allied invasion of German-occupied France would take place in 1944; and

AJR115,1,13 Whereas, more than 150,000 soldiers and 190,000 naval personnel participated in airborne operations and the amphibious landings at beaches along the Normandy coastline code-named Omaha, Utah, Gold, Juno, and Sword; and

AJR115,1,15 Whereas, American, British, Canadian, Free French, and Free Polish divisions participated in the invasion, which commenced June 6, 1944; and

AJR115,2,2 Whereas, Allied forces received additional support from the French Resistance; and

AJR115,2,4 Whereas, more than 9,000 Allied troops were killed or wounded during the first 24 hours of the invasion; and

AJR115,2,6 Whereas, the Normandy landings were the beginning of the liberation of Western Europe from Axis control; and

AJR115,2,8 Whereas, the French capital of Paris was liberated from German control on August 25, 1944; now, therefore, be it

AJR115,2,12 Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the members of the Wisconsin Legislature solemnly recognize June 6, 2024, as the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion and pay tribute to the millions of American and other Allied troops who served honorably during the Second World War.

AJR115,2,13 (End)