HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 16

(By Mr. Speaker, Mr. Kiss, and Delegates Givens, Michael, Mahan, Boggs, Kominar, Tucker, Prunty, Willison, Manchin, Amores, Linch, Anderson, Stalnaker, Williams, Caputo, Pino, Laird, Susman, Calvert, Frederick, Romine, Thompson, Dempsey, Sparks, Davis, Fletcher, Ennis, Leggett, Flanigan, Louisos, Dalton, Butcher, Stemple, Smirl, Cann, Martin, J. Smith, Perdue, Kelley, Rowe, Compton, Leach, Johnson and H. White)




Requesting that the Governor designate the third week of September of each year as POW/MIA Recognition Week and the third Friday of September, September 22, 2000, as POW/MIA Recognition Day.

Whereas, West Virginia can proudly claim the greatest number of veterans, per capita, of any other state; and
Whereas, West Virginia veterans have distinguished themselves as having demonstrated the highest degree of dedication and devotion to their country; and
Whereas, There are numbers of West Virginia veterans, former POWs, that witnessed the deaths of their brothers and sisters in arms during captivity; and
Whereas, There are a number of West Virginia MIAs who are still missing in action and of whom it can be said "THEIR WHEREABOUTS ARE KNOWN ONLY TO GOD;" and
Whereas, West Virginians still grieve for our friends and family members listed on the rolls of "MISSING IN ACTION," from the War Between the States to Desert Storm; and
Whereas, The West Virginia Veterans Coalition, on behalf of all West Virginia's veterans, has formally urged the Governor of West Virginia to designate the third week of September of each year as POW/MIA Recognition Week and the third Friday of September, September 22, 2000, as POW/MIA Recognition Day; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That Governor Cecil H. Underwood is urged to consider the request of the West Virginia Veterans Coalition to designate the third week of September of each year as POW/MIA Recognition Week and the third Friday of September, September 22, 2000, as POW/MIA Recognition Day; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk is hereby directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the Governor of the State of West Virginia, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House and the chairperson of both military committees.