HR 9001

1	House Resolution
2	A resolution designating April 9, 2008, as "Filipino-
3	American Friendship Day" in Florida.
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5	WHEREAS, forced to take their last stand on the Bataan
6	Peninsula and the island of Corregidor in the Philippines during
7	World War II, more than 80,000 joint Filipino-American forces
8	resisted the Japanese as effectively as circumstances would
9	allow and, for as long as humanly possible, delayed Japan's
10	advances throughout the Pacific, and
11	WHEREAS, outgunned, ill-fed, half-sick, and worn thin,
12	these forces successfully fought the Japanese to a standstill
13	until Bataan fell on April 9, 1942, and
14	WHEREAS, the battles at Bataan and Corregidor are credited
15	with having upset the 1941-1942 timetable of the Japanese
16	conquest of the Philippines by about four months, and
17	WHEREAS, the prolonged defense of Bataan and Corregidor
18	saved Australia and contributed to the Americans' ultimate
19	victory, and
20	WHEREAS, Bataan and Corregidor have been immortalized and
21	recognized as bastions of democracy, earning respect and
22	admiration for Americans and Filipinos worldwide, NOW,
23	THEREFORE,
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25	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
26	Florida:
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28	That April 9, 2008, is designated as "Filipino-American
29	Friendship Day" in Florida.

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