HR 9099

1	House Resolution
2	A resolution honoring the Filipino veterans of the United
3	States Armed Forces of World War II.
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5	WHEREAS, in 1934, the United States Congress passed the
6	Philippine Independence Act, which created the Commonwealth Army
7	of the Philippines, required all citizens of the Philippines to
8	pledge allegiance to the United States until their independence,
9	and authorized the President of the United States to place the
10	Commonwealth Army under the command of the United States Army,
11	and
12	WHEREAS, on July 26, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt
13	placed the Commonwealth Army of the Philippines under the
14	command of General Douglas MacArthur, thereby forming the United
15	States Army Forces in the Far East, and
16	WHEREAS, an estimated 200,000 Filipinos from the
17	Commonwealth Army, Philippine Scouts, and other anti-Japanese
18	guerrilla units served with surpassing honor and sacrifice in
19	the United States Armed Forces fighting against the Japanese
20	alongside their American comrades and dying with them to
21	liberate their nation and guarantee a United States victory in
22	the Philippines, NOW, THEREFORE,
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24	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
25	Florida:
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27	That the House of Representatives wishes to recognize,
28	honor, and thank the Filipino veterans of the United States
29	Armed Forces of World War II, both living and dead, for the
30	sacrifices they made in defense of freedom in that war.

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