RESOLUTION NUMBER 91-11 TO HONOR POW/MIA IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
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RESOLUTION NO. 91-11
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF DUNEDIN, FLORIDA,
EXPRESSING A POLICY OF SUPPORT FOR AMERICAN
SERVICEMEN STILL BEING HELD AGAINST THEIR WILL
IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, AND FOR THE CITY OF CLEARWATER'S
EFFORTS TO BRING NATIONAL ATTENTION TO THIS ISSUE
WHEREAS, our Country, which was founded on 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, 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 soldiers/citizens ho place the love of liberty and devotion
to God and Country above their own personal comfort, and
WHEREAS, many of America's best soldiers/citizens 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, these Americans have endured, and continue to endure,
unimaginable hardship and,
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WHEREAS, the City of Dunedin 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. Donahue, a brave American
still being held captive in Southeast Asia, at a ceremony on March
30, 1991, to be known as "AMERICANS DON'T ABANDON AMERICANS",
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Commissioners of
the City of Dunedin Florida, support those brave American
servicemen now being held as prisoner's of war in Southeast Asia
and further supports the City of Clearwater in its effort to
enhance the American public's understanding of the plight of these
Americans.
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