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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

PROCLAIMING JUNE 12, 2023, TO BE "WOMEN VETERANS APPRECIATION DAY" IN

THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

     

     Introduced By: Senator Walter S. Felag

     Date Introduced: June 07, 2023

     Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

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     WHEREAS, Since the formation of the United States Army Nurse Corps in 1901, women

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have served our nation in the military in an official capacity, and informally, they have served

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since the inception of our nation’s military during the American Revolution; and

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     WHEREAS, Women Veterans Appreciation Day is the anniversary of the day the

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Women’s Armed Services Integration Act was signed into law by President Harry S. Truman on

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June 12, 1948. Prior to then, only women nurses could serve in the regular and reserve forces

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during peacetime; and

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     WHEREAS, Historically, women have made wide-ranging contributions to our country's

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military and to securing and preserving freedom and liberty for the people of the United States

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and our allies; and

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     WHEREAS, During the American Revolution and the Civil War, women disguised

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themselves as men in order to fight, and in World War I, approximately 35,000 women served as

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nurses and support staff. During World War II, 140,000 women served in the Women’s Army

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Corps (WACs) performing critical jobs, such as military intelligence, cryptography and parachute

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rigging, and in Afghanistan, women were combat helicopter pilots, hunted the Taliban, and held a

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variety of combat and supervisory roles; and

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     WHEREAS, Currently, there are more than two million women Veterans in the United

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States, Puerto Rico, and Territories/Foreign who are pushing boundaries and taking on

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groundbreaking roles; and

 

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     WHEREAS, We Rhode Islanders, as well as all Americans, believe it to be essential that

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all the women who wear the uniform of the United States Armed Services know that they are

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appreciated and never far from our thoughts and prayers; now, therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby proclaims June 12,

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2023, to be "Women Veterans Appreciation Day" in gratitude and recognition for the critical role

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and dauntless service of women in the United States Armed Forces, and to honor their sacrifices

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while valiantly serving our nation; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

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transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the State of Rhode Island Office of Veterans

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Services, and the Rhode Island Veterans Home.

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