S 1030 Concurrent Resolution, By Courson, Drummond, Patterson and Hayes
 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING CONGRESS TO NAME THE NATION'S NEXT YET
 TO BE NAMED AIRCRAFT CARRIER THE USS STROM THURMOND IN RECOGNITION OF THE MANY
 CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF UNITED STATES SENATOR STROM THURMOND OF
 SOUTH CAROLINA.

   02/19/02  Senate Introduced, adopted, sent to House SJ-6
   02/20/02  House  Introduced HJ-5
   02/20/02  House  Referred to Committee on Invitations and Memorial
                     Resolutions HJ-5

MEMORIALIZING CONGRESS TO NAME THE NATION'S NEXT YET TO BE NAMED AIRCRAFT CARRIER THE USS STROM THURMOND IN RECOGNITION OF THE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF UNITED STATES SENATOR STROM THURMOND OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

Whereas, the Honorable Strom Thurmond of South Carolina is the nation's oldest United States Senator and longest-serving senator in history; and

Whereas, Senator Thurmond, who will retire from the United States Senate in 2003, is a decorated World War II hero who went into Normandy on June 5, 1944, in a glider aircraft; and

Whereas, Senator Thurmond is a former chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, former President Pro Tempore of the Senate, former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and was ranking member of the Veterans Affairs Committee; and

Whereas, he served not only in the European Theater of World War II, but also in the Pacific Theater; he was awarded five battle stars and eighteen decorations, medals, and awards, including Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster, Bronze Star Medal with "V", the Purple Heart, French Croix de Guerre, and Belgian Order of the Crown; and

Whereas, he was a beloved and highly capable Governor of South Carolina, was elected to the United States Senate on November 2, 1954, as a write-in candidate - an unprecedented accomplishment - and established the Strom Thurmond Foundation to help educate needy, worthy students; and

Whereas, Strom Thurmond has rendered untiring, outstanding service to his nation and State; many persons in the media have identified Senator Thurmond as "South Carolinian of the Twentieth Century"; and it would be most fitting and appropriate to name the country's next currently unnamed aircraft carrier the USS Strom Thurmond in Senator Thurmond's honor and in recognition for his countless contributions to the United States and his fellow Americans. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:

That the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, by this resolution, memorializes Congress to name the nation's next currently unnamed aircraft carrier the USS Strom Thurmond in recognition of the many contributions and accomplishments of Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina.

Be it further resolved that copies of this resolution be forwarded to the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate, and the eight members of the South Carolina Congressional Delegation, all in Washington, D.C.