,,iii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #bhj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october  
#ca1 #bjac,mr4 ,thune 7for himself1 ,mr4
 ,baucus1 and ,mr4 ,mc,cain7 submitted  
the following resolution2 which was     
referred to the ,committee on ,foreign  
,relations  ,,resolution  ,recognizing  
the #djth anniversary of the withdrawal 
of ,united ,states combat troops from   
the ,vietnam ,war and expressing renewed
 support for ,united ,states veterans of
 that conflict4  ,whereas the ,united   
,states ,armed ,forces supported the    
cause of freedom in ,south ,vietnam     
between ,october #aiee and ,may #g1     
#aige1 beginning with the commencement  
of the ,military ,assistance ,advisory  
,group1 ,vietnam1 with many             
servicemembers making the ultimate      
sacrifice2 ,whereas the ,united ,states 
carried out its first combat mission in 
,vietnam on ,january #ab1 #aifb2        
,whereas a total of #h1gdd1jjj personnel
 served worldwide during the ,vietnam   

,war era1 including #d1cfh1jjj in the   
,united ,states ,army1 #a1hdb1jjj in the
 ,united ,states ,navy1 #gid1jjj in the 
,united ,states ,marine ,corps1 and     
#a1gdj1jjj in the ,united ,states ,air  
,force2 ,whereas the number of ,united  
,states servicemembers deployed in      
theater rose to a peak of #edc1dhb in   
,april #aifi2 ,whereas #a1heg1cjd men   
entered military service through the    
,selective ,service ,system between     
,august #aifd and ,february #aigc2      
,whereas1 of the #eh1bbj casualties of  
,united ,states personnel1 #dg1dcd were 
battle deaths2 ,whereas #aec1cjc wounded
 ,united ,states servicemembers required
 hospital care2 ,whereas an additional  
#aej1cda wounded ,united ,states        
servicemembers did not require hospital 
care2 ,whereas #b1fdf ,united ,states   
servicemembers went missing in action   
during the ,vietnam ,war1 of whom #a1fde
 are still unaccounted for2 ,whereas    
#gbe ,united ,states servicemembers were
 taken as prisoners of war1 with #fd    

dying while in internment2 ,whereas the 
,paris ,peace ,accords1 signed on       
,january #bg1 #aigc1 put an end to the  
direct intervention of the ,united      
,states in the ,vietnam ,war2 and       
,whereas the last ,united ,states combat
 troops left ,south ,vietnam #b months  
later in the spring of #aigc3 ,now1     
therefore1 be it ,that-- 7#a7 the       
,senate honors the #djth anniversary of 
the withdrawal of ,united ,states combat
 troops from the ,vietnam ,war2  7#b7   
the ,senate renews its support for      
,united ,states veterans of that        
conflict2 and  7#c7 when the ,senate    
adjourns today1 the ,senate will stand  
adjourned as a further mark of respect  
to the memory of ,united ,states        
servicemembers who have given their     
lives in the name of service to the     
,united ,states4