PRINTER'S NO. 3569
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
510
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY MATZIE, MARSHALL, HARKINS, FREEMAN, KAZEEM,
McNEILL, VENKAT, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, SCHLOSSBERG, HILL-EVANS,
RABB, COOK, JAMES, HADDOCK, GALLAGHER, CONKLIN, HEFFLEY,
NEILSON, SANCHEZ, MADDEN, DALEY, JOZWIAK, DELLOSO AND O'MARA,
AUGUST 15, 2024
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, AUGUST 15, 2024
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of October 2024 as "Agent Orange Awareness
Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, The Vietnam War was the longest conflict in American
history in which the government of South Vietnam and its primary
ally, the United States, fought against the communist government
of North Vietnam and a South Vietnamese guerrilla force,
commonly known as the Viet Cong; and
WHEREAS, During the Vietnam War, American servicepersons
displayed heroic courage and determination under some of the
most difficult circumstances ever encountered in United States
military history; and
WHEREAS, Approximately 498,000 men and women from this
Commonwealth served during the Vietnam War era, an estimated
172,000 of whom directly participated in the war; and
WHEREAS, According to the United States Department of
Veterans Affairs, the United States military developed Agent
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