State of Iowa

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PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES STATIONED IN SOUTHEAST ASIA DURING THE VIETNAM WAR SERVED OUR NATION UNDER THE MOST TRYING CONDITIONS, AT A TIME WHEN THE NATION WAS DIVIDED IN ITS SUPPORT; AND   WHEREAS, MORE THAN 300,000 SERVICE MEMBERS WERE WOUNDED IN VIETNAM, APPROXIMATELY 75,000 WERE SEVERELY DISABLED AND OF THE 58,000 KILLED, 853 WERE FROM THE STATE OF IOWA; AND   WHEREAS, SINCE THEIR RETURN, THESE VETERANS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TREMENDOUSLY TO THEIR COMMUNITIES, STATES, AND NATION, IN AN EFFORT TO ADVANCE THE AMERICAN IDEALS AND AIMS FOR WHICH THEY FOUGHT; AND   WHEREAS, WE AS CITIZENS OF THE GREAT STATE OF IOWA MUST NEVER FORGET THE PAIN AND SUFFERING THAT LINGERS TODAY FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO FOUGHT, WITH HONOR AND DISTINCTION, IN THE NAME OF FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY FOR ALL; AND   WHEREAS, OCTOBER 20,2000, AS BEEN SET ASIDE AS A DAY TO PAY TRIBUTE TO AND WELCOME HOME OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE SECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES THROUGH HONORABLE MILITARY SERVICE IN VIETNAM; AND   WHEREAS, THE PEOPLE OF THE GREAT STATE OF IOWA, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE WELCOME HOME DAY FOUNDATION, ACKNOWLEDGE THE COURAGE, SACRIFICE, HONOR AND POSITIVE ACHIEVEMENTS OF OUR NATION'S VIETNAM VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND FIRMLY REPRESENT THAT WE PROUDLY WELCOME THEM HOME:   NOW, THEREFORE, I, THOMAS J. VILSACK, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF IOWA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 20, 2000, AS WELCOME HOME DAY

 

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