HF 3633

as introduced - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to state observances; designating Mighty 
  1.3             Eighth Air Force Week; proposing coding for new law in 
  1.4             Minnesota Statutes, chapter 10. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  [10.60] [MIGHTY EIGHTH AIR FORCE WEEK.] 
  1.7      The week of October 8 to 14 is designated as Mighty Eighth 
  1.8   Air Force Week in honor of the Eighth Air Force, the largest 
  1.9   military unit to serve in World War II, whose heroic actions 
  1.10  during the week of October 8 to 14, 1943, served as a turning 
  1.11  point for daytime strategic bombing, despite the loss of 26,000 
  1.12  persons killed in action, over 28,000 prisoners of war, 
  1.13  uncounted persons missing in action, and over 100 heavy 
  1.14  bombers.  Each year the governor shall issue a proclamation 
  1.15  honoring this observance.