PROCLAMATION TO HONOR POW/MIA IN SOUTHEAST ASIA (3)
City of
PINEl~LAS PAFtK
Proclamation
WHEREAS, our ountry, 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, 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, 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, these Americans have endured, and continue to endure, 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. Donahue, a brave American still being held captive in Southeast Asia.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Cecil W. Bradbury, by the virtue of the authority vested in me as Mayor of the City
of Plnellas Park, do hereby proclaim March 30, 1991, to be known as
AMERICANS DON'T ABANDON AMERICANS DAY
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the City of Pinellas Park, Aorida, 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.
In witness whereof, I set my hand and
cause the seal of the City of Pinellas
Park, Florida, to be affixed this 20th day
of March, 1991.
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CECIL W. BRADBU \
MAYOR