RESOLUTION NUMBER R91-0056 TO HONOR POW/MIA IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
Resolution No. R91-0056
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY,
FLORIDA, EXPRESSING A POLICY OF SUPPORT
FOR AMERICAN SERVICEMEN BELIEVED TO BE
HELD AGAINST THEIR WILL IN SOUTHEAST
ASIA, AND FOR THE CITY OF CLEARWATER'S
EFFORTS TO BRING NATIONAL ATTENTION TO
THIS ISSUE
Upon motion by Commissioner Joe Chillura , seconded by
Commissioner Pam Iorio , the following Resolution was
adopted by a vote of 7 to 0 ; Commissioner(s)
voting, "No."
WHEREAS, Hillsborough County, which was founded on the
principles 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, the freedoms that we, Americans, enjoy: the
privilege to support or protest against our government, to
worship as we please, and to think, speak and vote as our
conscience and our hearts dictate, has always been and will
always be secured by average citizens/soldiers who place the love
of liberty and devotion to God and country above their own
personal comfort, and
WHEREAS, it is believed that 2,296 of America's best
citizens/soldiers are still listed as missing-in-action in
Southeast Asia eighteen years after the involvement of the United
States in that conflict ceased, and
WHEREAS, it is believed that there have been more than 11rOOO
live sighting reports since 1973 of American servicemen being
held against their will as prisoners in Southeast Asia, and
WHEREAS, it is believed that 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, these Americans have enduredr and continue to
endurer unimaginable hardship while their families have held out
hope, postponing grief, 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, and
by bestowing honorary citizenship to Lt. Morgan J. Donahuer a
brave American believed to be held captive in Southeast Asia, at
a ceremony on March 30, 1991, to be known as "AMERICANS DON'T
ABANDON AMERICANS."
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NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF HILLS BOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA, IN REGULAR MEETING
ASSEMBLED THIS 20th DAY OF March , 1991:
That the Board of Commissioners of Hillsborough County,
Florida, 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. The Board also urges our highest elected officials
not to abandon America's best citizens and to secure their
expeditious release.
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF HILLS BOROUGH)
I, RICHARD AKE, Clerk of the Circuit Court and Ex-Officio
Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners of Hillsborough
County, Florida, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing
is a true and correct copy of Resolution adopted by the Board in
its regular meeting of March 20, 1991 as the same
appears of record in Minute Book 178 of the Official Records of
HIllsborough County, Florida.
WITNESS my hand and official seal this 21st day of
March, 1990.
RICHARD AKE,
Clerk of the Circuit Court
BY:~ 7h. ~
Deputy Clerk
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