,,iv  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #bfa  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,april #f1 #bjag,mr4
 ,hunter 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,kinzinger1 
,mr4 ,knight1 ,mr4 ,peters1 ,mr4 ,issa1 
and ,mr4 ,jones7 submitted the following
 resolution2 which was referred to the  
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs         
,,resolution  ,honoring and remembering 
on ,national ,former ,,pow ,recognition 
,day and the #geth ,anniversary of the  
,fall of ,bataan on the ,philippine     
,islands1 the brave men and women who as
 prisoners of war gave their liberty to 
ensure ours1 thus embodying the enduring
 spirit of ,american freedom and        
determination4  ,whereas from the       
,british prison ships floating in ,new  
,york's harbor to the ,tiger ,cages in  
,north ,vietnam1 from the copper mines  
of ,japan to the mine shafts of ,berga1 
from ,andersonville1 ,georgia1 to       
,mukden1 ,china1 ,american service men  
and women have endured unimaginable     
cruelty and unspeakable treatment at the

 hands of their captors2 ,whereas       
,american prisoners of war were stripped
 of their rights1 their dignity1 their  
health1 and in many cases their lives2  
,whereas these servicemembers endured   
trials few of us can imagine and found  
courage in a darkness we will hopefully 
never experience2 ,whereas ,national    
,former ,,pow ,recognition ,day was     
established to memorialize the surrender
 of #hj1jjj ,american and ,filipino     
troops by ,general ,edward ,p4 ,king on 
,april #i1 #aidb1 on the ,bataan        
,peninsula that led to the infamous     
,bataan ,death ,march and nearly four   
years of brutal imprisonment and slave  
labor for the survivors2 ,whereas1 by   
,may #aj1 #aidb1 over #aa1ejj ,americans
 and ,filipinos surrendered on          
,corregidor1 a fortress island in       
,manila ,bay1 and at various bases in   
the ,southern ,philippine ,islands      
turning the fall of the ,philippines    
into the largest surrender in ,united   
,states military history2 ,whereas over 

#bf1jjj ,american ,p,o,ws were          
ultimately held by ,imperial ,japan1    
with an estimated mortality rate of #dj 
percent1 of which nearly one-third of   
these deaths on hell ships carrying them
 to ,japan for slave labor in ,japanese 
companies2 ,whereas the productive peace
 between the ,united ,states and ,japan 
has produced a model of reconciliation  
between former combatants2 ,whereas the 
,government of ,japan in #bjji offered  
an apology to the ,united ,states       
,p,o,ws for their damage and suffering  
under ,imperial ,japan1 and in #bjaj    
established a program for former ,p,o,ws
 and their families to visit ,japan and 
their former ,,pow camps2 and ,whereas  
the participants encourage the          
,government of ,japan to partner with   
its national companies to turn this     
successful program into an international
 model of reconciliation and a permanent
 fund to support projects for           
remembrance1 documentation1 education1  
and exchange3 ,now1 therefore1 be it    

,that the ,house of ,representatives--  
7#a7 appreciates the recent efforts by  
the ,government of ,japan toward a      
historic apology for ,imperial ,japan's 
maltreatment of ,united ,states         
prisoners of war2 and  7#b7 asks the    
,department of ,state to work with the  
,government of ,japan and               
representatives of the ,united ,states  
,p,o,ws to memorialize this historic    
#geth ,anniversary of the ,fall of      
,bataan by crafting a formal agreement  
establishing a permanent future fund to 
understand1 preserve1 and teach the     
history of the ,united ,states ,,pow    
experience with ,japan4