RESOLUTION NUMBER 91-202 TO HONOR POW/MIA IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
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BY COMMISSIONER WELLS
RESOLUTION NO. 91- 202
RESOLUTION BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COXHISSION-
ERS OF PASCO COUNTY, FLORIDA, EXPRESSING A
POLICY OF SUPPORT FOR AMERICAN SERVICEMEN
STILL BEING BELD AGAINST THBIR WILL IN SOUTH-
BAST ASIA, UD FOR THE CITY OF CLEARWATER IS
EFFORTS TO BRING NATIONAL ATTENTION TO THIS
ISSUE.
WHEREAS, our Country, which was founded on the principals of
Freedom, Justice and Equality, was given life by common citizens
with uncommon courage who took up arms to fight for their beliefs;
and,
WHEREAS, 2,296 of America's best citizens/soldiers are still
listed as missing-in-action in Southeast Asia 18 years after the
involvement of the United States in that conflict ceased; and,
WHEREAS, there have been more than 11,000 live sighting
reports since 1973 of American servicemen being held against their
will as prisoners in Southeast Asia; and,
WHEREAS, in October 1990, the United States Senate Foreign
Relations Committee released an "Interim Report on the Southeast
Asian POW/MIA Issue" that concluded that United States military
personnel were being held against their will in Southeast Asia;
and,
WHEREAS, the City of Clearwater has seen fit to help bring
these facts to the attention of the nation by honoring its citizens
still listed as missing-in-action in Southeast Asia at a ceremony
on March 30, 1991, to be known as "AMERICANS DON'T ABANDON
AMERICANSI' .
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of County
Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, in regular session duly
assembled that said Board hereby supports those brave American
servicemen now being held as prisoners of war in Southeast Asia and
their families and further supports the City of Clearwater in its
effort to enhance the American pUblic'S understanding of the plight
of these Americans.
DONE AND RESOLVED this 26th day of March , 1991.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF PASCO COUNTY, FLORIDA
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Jed Pittman
Clerk
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Chairman