- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Serial:
- By the Governor of the State of Georgia, a proclamation.
- Title:
- A proclamation: Vietnam Veterans Day, Mar. 18, 2015
- Creator:
- Georgia. Governor
- Contributor to Resource:
- Deal, Nathan
- Publisher:
- [Atlanta, Georgia] : [Office of the Governor]
- Date of Original:
- 2015-03-18
- Subject:
- Georgia--Politics and government
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- state government records
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Description based on: January 18, 2012 ; title from PDF caption (Georgia Government Publications database, viewed February 16, 2017).
Latest issue consulted: September 16, 2015 (Georgia Government Publications database, viewed February 16, 2017). - External Identifiers:
- Call Number GA G600 .S1 M4 2015/3-18
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_i-ga-bg600-b-ps1-bm4-b2015-s3-h18
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_i-ga-bg600-b-ps1-bm4-b2015-s3-h18
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
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BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS: WHEREAS: WHEREAS: WHEREAS: WHEREAS: THEREFORE:
VIETNAM VETERANS DAY
America's involvement in Vietnam began in June 1954 with military advisors, escalated into 11 years of military combat involving over three million service men and women, and officially ended with the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, when the last Americans were evacuated from the United States Embassy; and
Of the 228,000 Georgians that served during this conflict, 1,582 died in combat, 8,534 were wounded, 21 were held prisoner, and 35 still remain missing or unaccounted for; and
Twelve Georgia Vietnam Veterans were awarded the Medal of Honor, the highest distinction that can be bestowed by the President of the United States in the name of the U.S. Congress, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepid actions as they risked their lives and went above and beyond the call of duty; and
Vietnam Veterans Day affords us an excellent opportunity to recall in a spirit of pride and gratitude the sacrifices of Georgia's Vietnam Veterans, the heroic acts of its 12 Medal of Honor recipients from the Vietnam War, and the accomplishments of all Americans who served during that most difficult conflict; and
We remember and appreciate with grateful hearts the contributions of the 234,000 Vietnam veterans now living in Georgia as well as the extraordinary bravery of all 27 of Georgia's Medal of Honor Recipients of the past 150 years; now
I, NATHAN DEAL, Governor of the State of Georgia, do hereby proclaim March 29, 201 5, as VIETNAM VETERANS DAY in Georgia and invite all citizens, both in public ceremonies and in private thoughts and prayers, to gratefully acknowledge our Vietnam Veterans and Medal of Honor recipients.
In witness thereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the Executive Department to be affixed this 18th day of March in the year of our Lord two thousand fifteen.
ATTEST
GOVERNOR
CHIEF OF STAFF