2009-2010 Bill 1440: Battle of the Bulge - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 118th Session, 2009-2010 3 4 S. 1440 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 Senate Resolution 9 Sponsors: Senator Courson 10 Document Path: l:\s-res\jec\018bulg.mrh.jec.docx 11 12 Introduced in the Senate on May 12, 2010 13 Adopted by the Senate on May 12, 2010 14 15 Summary: Battle of the Bulge 16 17 18 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 19 20 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 21 5/12/2010 Senate Introduced and adopted SJ6 22 23 24 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 25 26 5/12/2010 27 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A SENATE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO HONOR AND CELEBRATE THE VETERANS OF THE 12 BATTLE OF THE BULGE AT THE 2010 NATIONAL 13 CONVENTION IN COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, ON 14 SEPTEMBER 1-6, 2010. 15 16 Whereas, the Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge will host their 17 2010 national convention in Columbia, S.C. on Labor Day 18 weekend, September 1-6, 2010; and 19 20 Whereas, the Ardennes Offensive (December 16, 1944 - January 21 25, 1945) was a major German operation launched toward the end 22 of World War II through the forested Ardennes Mountains region 23 of Belgium, France, and Luxembourg; and 24 25 Whereas, the German offensive was officially named the 26 Ardennes-Alsace campaign by the U.S. Army, but is known to the 27 general public simply as the Battle of the Bulge; and 28 29 Whereas, with more than 800,000 men committed and over 19,000 30 killed, the Battle of the Bulge became the single bloodiest battle 31 that American forces experienced in World War II; and 32 33 Whereas, Columbia is proud to host the 66th anniversary of this 34 important battle and many of the veterans from across the country 35 have not visited Columbia since they were in basic training at 36 Camp Jackson in the early 1940’s; and 37 38 Whereas, Columbia has a rich history as a military town, being 39 home to Ft. Jackson Army Basic Combat Training Center of 40 Excellence and it continues to be one of the largest training 41 facilities in the nation. Now, therefore, 42

[1440] 2 1 Be it resolved by the Senate: 2 3 That the members of the Senate, by this resolution, honor and 4 celebrate the Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge at the 2010 5 National Convention in Columbia, South Carolina, on September 6 1-6, 2010. 7 8 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to 9 the South Carolina State Chapter of the Veterans of the Battle of 10 the Bulge. 11 XX 12

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