SF 3443

1st Unofficial Engrossment - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008)

Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00 a.m.

1.1A bill for an act 1.2relating to veterans; designating July 27 as Korean War Armistice Day;proposing 1.3coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 197. 1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.5    Section 1. new text begin [197.99] KOREAN WAR ARMISTICE DAY. new text end 1.6     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Purpose. new text end new text begin When communist North Korean troops invaded South new text end 1.7 new text begin Korea on June 25, 1950, the United States took immediate action to defend the freedom new text end 1.8 new text begin of a people unjustly attacked. Leading a coalition of 20 other nations, American and new text end 1.9 new text begin South Korean troops fought to advance liberty and opportunity, and to overcome cruelty new text end 1.10 new text begin and repression. More than 1.7 million members of the United States armed forces faced new text end 1.11 new text begin forbidding terrain, harsh weather, and brutal combat while demonstrating extraordinary new text end 1.12 new text begin honor, skill, and courage to beat back the invading enemy forces. More than 34,000 new text end 1.13 new text begin American men and women, including over 700 Minnesotans, sacrificed their lives in battle new text end 1.14 new text begin during that war. Another 92,000 American troops were wounded, and more than 8,000 new text end 1.15 new text begin have been listed as missing in action or taken prisoner. new text end 1.16 new text begin The Military Armistice Agreement of July 27, 1953, ended the three years of bitter new text end 1.17 new text begin warfare stopping the spread of communism on the Korean Peninsula and signaling to the new text end 1.18 new text begin world America's resolve to stand against tyrannical and totalitarian regimes. Today, South new text end 1.19 new text begin Korea stands as a shining example of the economic and social benefits of democracy. new text end 1.20 new text begin The purpose of this act is to perpetually honor the brave men and women, living new text end 1.21 new text begin and dead, who comprise America's Korean War veterans. new text end 1.22     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Designation. new text end new text begin July 27 of each year is designated as Korean War Armistice new text end 1.23 new text begin Day in Minnesota. new text end 2.1    Sec. 2. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end 2.2 new text begin Section 1 is effective July 27, 2008. new text end