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PROSED RESOLUTION
RESOLUTION ENCOURAGING CONGRESS TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT TO PRESENT GOLD MEDALS TO KOREAN WAR VETERANS IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS WHILE SERVING UNDER THE UNITED NATIONS
WHEREAS, the purpose of the medals are to express recognition of the exemplary contributions to honor all Korean War veterans, both US and Allied Forces of their respective countries, who demonstrated selfless acts during the battles of the Korea conflict; and
WHEREAS, Imperial Japan occupied the entire country of Korea from 1910 until the end of WWII; and
WHEREAS, in August 1945, prior to the official Japanese surrender on August 15, 1945, the US and Allies prepared an arrangement to divide Korea horizontal into two regions North and South; and
WHEREAS, on June 25, 1950, the North Korea Peoples' Army and their allies invaded South Korea. The U.N. Security Council adopted a Resolution to send U.N. Forces into Korea; and
WHEREAS, on June 27, 1950, President Truman sent US troops under the aegis of the United Nations to aid; and
WHEREAS, in October 1950, China's Peoples Volunteer Army entered the conflict by encroaching into North Korea. In response, China's ruling party ordered by telegram to immediately destroy the entire 1st Marine Division, the ROK Army Divisions and the US Army's 7th Infantry Division that led to the struggle to defend the Pusan Perimeter; and
WHEREAS, a series of battles against the Chinese forces took place throughout Autumn 1950, including the Battle of Inchon, the Battle of Naktong breakout, the Battle of Seoul-Second and the Battle of Changjin Reservoir, which tested the capacity of U.S. forces against the enemy and the elements; and
WHEREAS, on November 25, 1950, the Chinese Communist Forces launched an all-out assault, swiftly overtaking the U.N. Forces and forcing U.S. and U.N. troops to withdraw South; and
WHEREAS, battles against Communist forces continued throughout 1951 including the Battle of Seoul-Fourth, by far the la...
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