SJR123: Joint Resolution Text

LRB-5876/1

CMH:klm

2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE

2023 Senate JOINT RESOLUTION 123

February 19, 2024 - Introduced by Senators Testin, Ballweg, Carpenter, Cowles, Marklein, Nass, Spreitzer, Wanggaard and Wirch, cosponsored by Representatives Gundrum, C. Anderson, Armstrong, Bare, Behnke, Binsfeld, Callahan, Dittrich, Donovan, Drake, Duchow, Edming, Gustafson, Jacobson, Joers, Krug, Magnafici, Maxey, Moore Omokunde, Novak, O'Connor, Ohnstad, Ortiz-Velez, Petryk, Ratcliff, Rettinger, Rozar, Tittl, Schmidt, Schraa, Shankland, Sinicki, Sortwell, Spiros, Tusler, Wittke and VanderMeer. Referred to Committee on Senate Organization.

SJR123,1,1 Relating to: commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day.

SJR123,1,3 Whereas, on September 1, 1939, Germany declared war on Poland and started the Second World War; and

SJR123,1,5 Whereas, France surrendered on June 25, 1940, and was occupied by the Axis countries of Germany and Italy; and

SJR123,1,7 Whereas, the United States entered the war following the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; and

SJR123,1,10 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

SJR123,1,13 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

SJR123,1,15 Whereas, American, British, Canadian, Free French, and Free Polish divisions participated in the invasion, which commenced June 6, 1944; and

SJR123,2,2 Whereas, Allied forces received additional support from the French Resistance; and

SJR123,2,4 Whereas, more than 9,000 Allied troops were killed or wounded during the first 24 hours of the invasion; and

SJR123,2,6 Whereas, the Normandy landings were the beginning of the liberation of Western Europe from Axis control; and

SJR123,2,8 Whereas, the French capital of Paris was liberated from German control on August 25, 1944; now, therefore, be it

SJR123,2,12 Resolved by the senate, the assembly 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.

SJR123,2,13 (End)