RESOLUTION NUMBER 91-8 TO HONOR POW/MIA IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
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RESOLUTION NO. 91-8
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF NEW PORT RICHEY, FLORIDA
EXPRESSING A POLICY OF SUPPORT FOR
AMERICAN SERVICEMEN STILL BEING HELD
AGAINST THEIR WILL IN SOUTHEAST ASIA,
AND FOR THE CITY OF NEW PORT RICHEY'S
EFFORTS TO BRING NATIONAL ATTENTION
TO THIS ISSUE.
WHEREAS, our Country, which was founded on the principals of Freedon,
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 who place the love
of liberty and devotion to God and Country above their own personal com-
fort, 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 Com-
mittee 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,
WHEREAS, the City of New Port Richey 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 supporting the City of Clear-
water for its work in sponsoring a ceremony on March 30, 1991, to be known
as "AMERICANS DON'T ABANDON AMERICANS".
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of New Port
Richey, Florida, supports those brave American servicemen now being held
as prisoners 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. The City of New Port Richey also urges
our highest elected officials not to abandon America's best citizens and to
secure their expeditious release.
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