HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 91-65RESOLUTION NO. 91- 65
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DIAMOND BAR, CALIFORNIA, IN CONCERN FOR POW/MIA MEMBERS
WHEREAS, the United States is nearing the twentieth
anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War; and
WHEREAS, over 2200 members of the United States Armed
Forces are still unaccounted for; and
WHEREAS, animal bones and miscellaneous pieces of
material sent back as remains do not constitute adequate
verification of the fate of those Americans designated as
missing -in -action; and
WHEREAS, the Defense Intelligence Office, charged with
the responsibility of researching and verifying information on
the missing Americans, may not have pursued such activities with
the diligence expected by the American People; and
WHEREAS, the United States Senate may appoint a special
committee to study the entire issue of those Americans missing in
Vietnam.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the City of Diamond
Bar and its citizens do hereby:
SAction 1. Support and encourage the United States
Senate to form a special committee to investigate the issue of
American citizens missing in Vietnam.
Section 2. Request a complete accounting by the
Defense Intelligence Office to the families of those missing and
the people of this nation as to the actions and process used over
the last twenty years to locate or verify the fate of those
Americans missing in Vietnam.
Section 3. Request the President of the United States,
George Bush, to commit the necessary resources to ensure that all
missing Americans are accounted for and this unfinished business
of the Vietnam War be once and for all laid to rest.
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PASSED APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 15th day of Clntnhar ,
I, LYNDA BURGESS, City Clerk of the City of Diamond Bar,
California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was
adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Diamond Bar held on the 15th day of October 1991, by
the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN - Werner, Nardella, Papen, Kim
NOES: COUNCILMEN - None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN - Forbing
ABSTAINED: COUNCILMEN - None
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