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2021 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 81
December 17, 2021 - Introduced by Senators WIMBERGER, CARPENTER, COWLES,
DARLING, FEYEN, JACQUE, MARKLEIN, NASS, RINGHAND, SMITH, STROEBEL,
WANGGAARD and BALLWEG, cosponsored by Representatives GUNDRUM,
SKOWRONSKI, ALLEN, ARMSTRONG, BEHNKE, CONLEY, DITTRICH, DOYLE, DRAKE,
HESSELBEIN, HORLACHER, KNODL, MAGNAFICI, MILROY, MURPHY, NOVAK, PETRYK,
PLUMER, RAMTHUN, SINICKI, SPIROS, SPREITZER, STEFFEN, THIESFELDT, TRANEL,
VANDERMEER, VRUWINK and SUBECK. Referred to Committee on Senate
Organization.
1 Relating to: commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl
2 Harbor.
3 Whereas, on December 7, 1941, the Empire of Japan launched a surprise attack
4 on the United States at the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii; and
5 Whereas, a total of 2,403 Americans were killed and 1,178 Americans were
6 wounded during the attack; and
7 Whereas, a total of 19 warships were damaged or destroyed from the attack;
8 and
9 Whereas, a total of 328 Navy and Army Air Corps aircraft were damaged or
10 destroyed from the attack; and
11 Whereas, the attack on Pearl Harbor prompted President Franklin D.
12 Roosevelt to deliver his `Day of Infamy Speech' to a joint session of the 77th United
13 States Congress; and
14 Whereas, Congress passed a formal declaration of war against Japan less than
15 an hour later; and
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1 Whereas, Germany and Italy then declared war on the United States, bringing
2 America fully into World War II; and
3 Whereas, it is imperative for all American citizens to never forget the sacrifices
4 made by our armed forces during World War II; now, therefore, be it
5 Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That the members of the
6 Wisconsin Legislature commemorate December 7, 2021, as the 80th anniversary of
7 the attack on Pearl Harbor and pay tribute to the millions of Americans who served
8 honorably during the Second World War.
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