,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #cg  ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,may    
#ba1 #bjac ,mr4 ,higgins 7for himself   
and ,mr4 ,collins of ,new ,york7        
submitted the following concurrent      
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,armed ,services1 and in  
addition to the ,committee on ,veterans'
 ,affairs1 for a period to be           
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,,concurrent ,,resolution  ,expressing  
the sense of ,congress that a site in   
,arlington ,national ,cemetery should be
 provided for a memorial marker to honor
 the memory of the #ad members of the   
,army's #bdth ,infantry ,division who   
have received the ,medal of ,honor4     
,whereas the #bdth ,infantry ,division  
of the ,army was established in the fall
 of #aida from the ,hawaiian ,division  
in preparation for war on the ,pacific  

,front2 ,whereas the #bdth ,infantry    
,division ascribed the motto of ,first  
to ,fight and a taro leaf for its       
insignia1 and later became recognized as
 the ,victory ,division for its valiant 
efforts2 ,whereas during ,world ,war    
,,ii1 the #bdth ,infantry ,division was 
one of the first ,united ,states ,army  
divisions to see combat in the war and  
among the last to stop fighting2        
,whereas the #bdth ,infantry ,division  
established coastal defenses on the     
north side of ,oahu ,island quickly     
following the attack on ,pearl ,harbor2 
,whereas despite torrential rain and    
marshy terrain1 the #bdth ,infantry     
,division quickly seized the ,hollandia 
,airdrome in ,dutch ,new ,guinea and    
three other ,japanese airfields1 efforts
 that were critical in securing all of  
,new ,guinea and establishing a         
headquarters for ,general ,douglas      
,mac,arthur2 ,whereas the #bdth         
,infantry ,division spearheaded the     
successful mission to liberate the      

,philippines from the ,japanese by      
securing both ,leyte and later the      
island of ,luzon2 ,whereas at the end of
 ,world ,war ,,ii1 the #bdth ,infantry  
,division was one of only #aj ,united   
,states ,army divisions to remain       
activated2 ,whereas the #bdth ,infantry 
,division was the first fighting unit   
deployed to ,korea in response to the   
,north ,korea's attack on the ,republic 
of ,korea in #aiej1 and the first to    
engage the ,north ,koreans in the war's 
first battle at ,osan2 ,whereas the     
#bdth ,infantry ,division1 with its     
service in ,korea1 became the first     
,united ,states ,division to actively   
serve under the emblem of the nascent   
,united ,nations2 ,whereas during the   
,korean ,war1 the #bdth ,infantry       
,division was heavily engaged on the    
front lines defending the ,republic of  
,korea and critical in delaying ,north  
,korean and ,chinese advances at the    
,pusan ,perimeter2 ,whereas the #bdth   
,infantry ,division remained on         

front-line duty after the armistice to  
patrol the demarcation line in the event
 combat would resume2 ,whereas the #bdth
 ,infantry ,division1 along with the    
,marine ,corps1 were the first ,united  
,states troops ever sent to ,lebanon as 
intervention forces to provide security 
assistance in #aieh2 ,whereas the #bdth 
,infantry ,division was critical in     
operations in ,berlin1 ,el ,salvador1   
,somalia1 ,kuwait1 ,haiti1 ,bosnia1 and 
the first to be deployed to ,iraq for   
,operation ,desert ,shield and          
,operation ,desert ,storm2 and ,whereas 
#ad soldiers of the #bdth ,infantry     
,division1 ,captain ,francis ,b4 ,wai1  
,private ,harold ,h4 ,moon1 ,jr41       
,sergeant ,charles ,e4 ,mower1 ,private 
,first ,class ,james ,h4 ,diamond1      
,major ,general ,william ,f4 ,dean1     
,sergeant ,george ,d4 ,libby1 ,master   
,sergeant ,melvin ,o4 ,handrich1        
,corporal ,mitchell ,red ,cloud1 ,jr41  
,first ,lieutenant ,carl ,h4 ,dodd1     
,sergeant ,first ,class ,nelson ,v4     

,brittin1 ,sergeant ,first ,class ,ray  
,e4 ,duke1 ,sergeant ,first ,class      
,stanley ,t4 ,adams1 ,master ,sergeant  
,woodrow ,w4 ,keeble1 and ,private      
,first ,class ,mack ,a4 ,jordan1 have   
received the ,medal of ,honor for their 
sacrificial and intrepid acts on the    
battlefield in ,world ,war ,,ii and the 
,korean ,war3 ,now1 therefore1 be it    
,that ,congress--  7#a7 recognizes the  
proud history of the #bdth ,infantry    
,division and the soldiers of the #bdth 
,infantry ,division who made countless  
sacrifices to protect the ,nation's     
freedom2  7#b7 remembers with profound  
gratitude1 sorrow1 and respect the #ad  
soldiers of the #bdth ,infantry         
,division who received the ,medal of    
,honor2 and  7#c7 encourages the        
provision of an appropriate site in     
,arlington ,national ,cemetery for a    
memorial marker to honor the memory of  
the #ad soldiers of the #bdth ,infantry 
,division who received the ,medal of    
,honor1 as long as the ,secretary of the

 ,army has exclusive authority to       
approve the design and site of the      
memorial marker4