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1997 - 1998 LEGISLATURE
January 15, 1997 - Introduced by Senators C. Potter, Breske, Buettner, Moen,
Drzewiecki, Grobschmidt, Fitzgerald, Plache, Wirch and Zien, cosponsored
by Representatives Otte, Baumgart, Urban, Murat, Musser, Ziegelbauer,
Huebsch, Turner, Hahn, Ryba, Dobyns, Gronemus, Seratti, Kreuser, Plouff,
Olsen, Goetsch, Grothman and Springer, by request of WI Chapter of the 4th
Infantry Division Assn.. Referred to Committee on Senate Organization.
SJR4,1,2
1Relating to: proclaiming the week of June 29 to July 5, 1997, National 4th Infantry
2Division Week.
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Whereas, the 4th Infantry Division of the U.S. army, commonly called the Ivy
4Division, was organized in Camp Greene, North Carolina, in November 1917 and
5was the only American division of the army to serve in both the French and British
6sectors in World War I; and
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Whereas, the 8th Infantry Regiment of the 4th Infantry Division was the first
8allied unit to land at Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944; and
SJR4,1,109
Whereas, the 4th Infantry Division was the first U.S. division to liberate Paris;
10and
SJR4,1,1311
Whereas, the 4th Infantry Division continued to serve in Europe for 9 years
12after World War II ended, first as part of the occupation force and then as part of
13NATO's peace-keeping efforts; and
SJR4,1,1414
Whereas, the 4th Infantry Division served valiantly in the Korean War; and
SJR4,2,3
1Whereas, the 4th Infantry Division remained undefeated after 4 years of
2combat in Vietnam and served courageously in Operation Desert Storm during the
3Persian Gulf War; and
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Whereas, the over 12,000 members of the 4th Infantry Division, now stationed
5in Fort Hood, Texas, participate in the U.S. army's new test program to help train the
6armed forces of the 21st century; and
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Whereas, the 4th Infantry Division Association holds annual reunions in
8various places around the country, most recently in Seattle in 1996, Boston in 1995
9and Cleveland in 1994; and
SJR4,2,1310
Whereas, for the first time in Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Chapter of the 4th
11Infantry Division Association will be hosting the 79th Annual National Reunion of
12the 4th Infantry Division Association in Milwaukee during the week of June 29 to
13July 5, 1997; now, therefore, be it
SJR4,2,15
14Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That the week of June
1529 to July 5, 1997, is proclaimed "National 4th Infantry Division Week".
