,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #dae  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november 
#g1 #bjai,mr4 ,schumer 7for ,ms4 ,warren
 7for herself1 ,ms4 ,murkowski1 ,ms4    
,mc,sally1 ,mr4 ,tester1 ,ms4 ,harris1  
,mr4 ,sullivan1 ,mrs4 ,gillibrand1 ,ms4 
,hassan1 and ,mrs4 ,capito77 submitted  
the following resolution2 which was     
referred to the ,committee on ,homeland 
,security and ,governmental ,affairs    
,,resolution  ,expressing the sense of  
the ,senate that the ,united ,states    
,postal ,service should issue a         
commemorative postage stamp series      
honoring women veterans of the ,armed   
,forces and that the ,citizens' ,stamp  
,advisory ,committee should recommend to
 the ,postmaster ,general that such a   
stamp series be issued4  ,whereas there 
are approximately #b1jjj1jjj women      
veterans of the ,armed ,forces living in
 the ,united ,states1 who have served   
the ,united ,states with honor and      
distinction1 yet the service of those   

women is often forgotten and they become
 invisible veterans2 ,whereas women     
veterans of the ,armed ,forces have made
 invaluable contributions to the ,united
 ,states since the ,american            
,revolution2 ,whereas ,deborah ,sampson 
of ,massachusetts and ,margaret ,corbin 
of ,new ,york served during the         
,american ,revolution and were wounded  
in combat1 and ,congress granted        
pensions to both pioneering women for   
their service2 ,whereas ,dr4 ,mary      
,edwards ,walker served as a surgeon    
during the ,american ,civil ,war and is 
the only woman to have been awarded the 
,medal of ,honor2 ,whereas ,cathay      
,williams1 who was born a slave1        
enlisted in the ,regular ,army disguised
 as a man and served in the ,american   
,west for #c years2 ,whereas ,lenah     
,sutcliffe ,higbee1 a nurse in the ,navy
 who served during ,world ,war ,i1 was  
the first woman to receive the ,navy    
,cross2 ,whereas ,lieutenant ,colonel   
,charity ,adams ,earley1 ,women's ,army 

,corps1 commanded the #fhhhth ,central  
,postal ,directory ,battalion during    
,world ,war ,,ii1 which was the only    
all-,african-,american unit of the      
,women's ,army ,corps to serve overseas 
during that war2 ,whereas ,hazel ,lee1  
the first ,asian-,american woman to     
become a pilot in the ,armed ,forces1   
flew with the ,women ,airforce ,service 
,pilots during ,world ,war ,,ii2        
,whereas ,colonel ,mary ,louise         
,rasmuson enlisted in the ,army as a    
private during ,world ,war ,,ii as part 
of an effort to use women as military   
professionals1 continued to serve after 
the war1 was appointed by ,president    
,dwight ,d4 ,eisenhower as ,director of 
the ,women's ,army ,corps in #aieg and  
reappointed by ,president ,john ,f4     
,kennedy in #aifa1 was awarded the      
,legion of ,merit for her work to       
successfully integrate ,black women into
 the ,women's ,army ,corps1 increased   
the strength of the ,women's ,army      
,corps by nearly #be percent1 ensured   

that the ,army opened #bf new military  
occupational specialties for active duty
 enlisted women and #ej such specialties
 for women reservists1 and successfully 
fought for legislation to approve active
 duty credit for service in the ,women's
 ,army ,auxiliary ,corps1 the precursor 
to the ,women's ,army ,corps1 to correct
 inequities for reserve officers of the 
,women's ,army ,corps2 ,whereas         
,margaret ,zane ,fleming and her #ab    
colleagues with the #ast ,mobile ,army  
,surgical ,hospital who landed at       
,inchon1 ,korea1 on ,september #ae1     
#aiej1 and the many other nurses1       
physical therapists1 pharmacists1 and   
other women who saved lives were on the 
front lines of not only the ,korean ,war
 but also of medical trauma care2       
,whereas #h women gave their lives while
 serving in the ,armed ,forces in       
,vietnam1 including ,first ,lieutenant  
,sharon ,ann ,lane1 ,second ,lieutenant 
,pamela ,dorothy ,donovan1 ,lieutenant  
,colonel ,annie ,ruth ,graham1 ,captain 

,mary ,therese ,klinker1 ,second        
,lieutenant ,carol ,ann ,elizabeth      
,drazba1 ,second ,lieutenant ,elizabeth 
,ann ,jones1 ,captain ,eleanor ,grace   
,alexander1 and ,first ,lieutenant      
,hedwig ,diane ,orlowski2 ,whereas      
,specialist ,lori ,piestewa1 a member of
 the ,hopi ,tribe1 was the first        
,native-,american woman in history to   
die in combat while serving in the      
,armed ,forces and the first woman      
member of the ,armed ,forces killed in  
,operation ,iraqi ,freedom2 ,whereas    
,first ,lieutenant ,ashley ,white and   
,captain ,jennifer ,moreno1 both        
soldiers and members of the ,cultural   
,support ,teams of the ,army1 gave their
 lives for the ,united ,states while    
serving in action alongside the special 
operations forces they supported in     
,afghanistan2 ,whereas ,united ,states  
,navy ,senior ,chief ,petty ,officer    
,shannon ,kent1 cryptologic technician1 
wife1 and mother1 was killed in action  
in ,manbij1 ,syria2 ,whereas all women  

who have served in the ,armed ,forces   
throughout our ,nation's history1       
whether at the front1 in support        
positions behind the lines1 or here at  
home have marked a trail of honor for   
those who will follow them2 and ,whereas
 these women warriors and millions of   
others should be honored for their      
service and recognized for their        
important contributions to the ,united  
,states3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that  
it is the sense of the ,senate that--   
7#a7 the ,united ,states ,postal        
,service should issue a commemorative   
postage stamp series honoring women     
veterans of the ,armed ,forces2 and     
7#b7 the ,citizens' ,stamp ,advisory    
,committee should recommend to the      
,postmaster ,general that such a stamp  
series be issued4