South Carolina General Assembly
109th Session, 1991-1992

Bill 4706


Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter


                    Current Status

Introducing Body:               House
Bill Number:                    4706
Primary Sponsor:                Stone
Committee Number:               10
Type of Legislation:            CR
Subject:                        Doolittle Raiders
Residing Body:                  Senate
Computer Document Number:       NO5/8348.BD
Introduced Date:                Apr 09, 1992
Last History Body:              Senate
Last History Date:              Apr 09, 1992
Last History Type:              Introduced, referred to
                                Committee
Scope of Legislation:           Statewide
All Sponsors:                   Stone
Type of Legislation:            Concurrent
                                Resolution



History


 Bill  Body    Date          Action Description              CMN
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 4706  Senate  Apr 09, 1992  Introduced, referred to         10
                             Committee
 4706  House   Apr 09, 1992  Introduced, adopted, sent to
                             Senate

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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

TO RECOGNIZE THE CELEBRATION OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BOMBING OF TOKYO, JAPAN, APRIL 18, 1942, BY THE SURVIVING MEMBERS OF THE DOOLITTLE RAIDERS AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE RAIDERS TO BE RECOGNIZED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1992.

Whereas, April 16-18, 1992, most of the forty-one surviving members of the Doolittle Raiders will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Tokyo bombing in Columbia; and

Whereas, President George Bush is expected to attend the event which will feature a ceremony of pageantry and music at the State Museum; and

Whereas, the first Americans to strike back at Japan following its vicious attack of Pearl Harbor were dubbed Doolittle Raiders by the wartime press in honor of Colonel James Doolittle, the mission leader; and

Whereas, eighty airmen, including Mr. Nolan Herndon of Edgefield who was a navigator, were told of their mission the night of April 1, 1942, on the aircraft carrier USS Hornet. Seventy-one of the eighty airmen survived the mission; and

Whereas, the bombing mission began with a six-hour trip to Tokyo by sixteen bombers. Each bomber reached his assigned military target and dropped four bombs. Four of the sixteen bombers landed in China and one in the Soviet Union. The rest were abandoned by their crews; and

Whereas, the members of the General Assembly extend an invitation to the Doolittle Raiders to be recognized by the members of the House of Representatives and the Senate at an appropriate time Tuesday, April 14, 1992. Now, therefore,

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

That the members of the General Assembly recognize the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the bombing of Tokyo, Japan, April 18, 1942, by the surviving members of the Doolittle Raiders and invite the Raiders to be recognized by the members of the House of Representatives and the Senate Tuesday, April 14, 1992.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Mr. Nolan Herndon.

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