,,iii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #bje  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bh1
 #bjag ,mr4 ,peters 7for himself and    
,ms4 ,stabenow7 submitted the following 
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs       
,,resolution  ,honoring the #ajjth      
anniversary of ,fort ,custer in         
,augusta1 ,michigan4  ,whereas #bjag    
marks the #ajjth anniversary of a       
military installation operating in      
,augusta1 ,michigan2 ,whereas ,fort     
,custer is named after ,major ,general  
,george ,armstrong ,custer1 a native of 
,monroe1 ,michigan1 and a prominent     
,civil ,war cavalry commander2 ,whereas 
the ,united ,states ,army purchased #acj
 parcels of ,michigan farmland to begin 
constructing ,camp ,custer in #aiag2    
,whereas more than #ajj1jjj soldiers    
from ,michigan and ,wisconsin trained at
 ,camp ,custer before serving in ,europe
 during ,world ,war ,i as part of the   
,american ,expeditionary ,forces2       

,whereas ,camp ,custer became the       
district headquarters of the ,civilian  
,conservation ,corps for ,michigan's    
,lower ,peninsula during the ,great     
,depression2 ,whereas ,congress         
officially designated ,camp ,custer as  
,fort ,custer on ,august #ag1 #aidj1    
recognizing it as a permanent military  
training base2 ,whereas1 in preparation 
for ,world ,war ,,ii engagement1 ,fort  
,custer expanded to #af1jjj acres with  
accommodations for nearly #a1cjj        
officers and more than #bg1ejj troops2  
,whereas more than #cjj1jjj troops were 
trained at ,fort ,custer throughout     
,world ,war ,,ii1 including the #eth    
,infantry ,red ,diamond ,division that  
left for combat in ,normandy1 ,france1  
in ,june #aidd2 ,whereas ,fort ,custer  
served as a prisoner of war camp for    
approximately #e1jjj ,german soldiers   
during ,world ,war ,,ii2 ,whereas       
approximately #ag1jjj troops were       
trained at ,fort ,custer during the     
,korean ,war in the #aiejs2 ,whereas the

 ,united ,states ,air ,force established
 the ,custer ,air ,force ,station in    
#aief1 which served as part of the      
,north ,american ,air ,defense ,system  
for a decade beginning in #aiei2        
,whereas ,fort ,custer offered free     
education and vocational training to    
youth between the ages of #af and #bd as
 a ,jobs ,corps ,training ,center from  
#aife to #aifg2 ,whereas the #ggj-;acre 
,fort ,custer ,national ,military       
,cemetery1 established in #aiha1 honors 
thousands of the brave men and women who
 served the ,united ,states2 and        
,whereas ,fort ,custer continues to     
serve as a state-of-the-art training    
facility for the ,michigan ,national    
,guard and other branches of the ,armed 
,forces1 including ,reserve ,officers'  
,training ,corps students3 ,now1        
therefore1 be it  ,that the ,senate--   
7#a7 honors ,fort ,custer in ,augusta1  
,michigan1 on its #ajjth anniversary2   
7#b7 commends the thousands of men and  
women who have worked and trained at    

,fort ,custer2 and  7#c7 commemorates   
the tens of thousands of members of the 
,armed ,forces and their families       
memorialized at ,fort ,custer ,national 
,cemetery4