,,iv  #aai? ,,congress  #a/ ,session    
,h4 ,,res4 #ebh  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(     
,,repres5tatives  ,june #bj1 #bjbe,mr4  
,tran submitt$ ! foll[+ resolution2 :i* 
0 ref]r$ to ! ,committee on ,=eign      
,affairs  ,,resolution  ,express+       
support = ! designation ( ,june #ai1    
#bjbe1 z ,vet]ans ( ! ,republic (       
,vietnam ,arm$ ,=ces ,day4  ,:]eas !    
,republic ( ,vietnam ,milit>y ,=ces1 or 
,s\? ,vietnamese ,arm$ ,=ces1 7 =mally  
e/abli%$ on ,decemb] #cj1 #aiee1 by ,ngo
 ,d9h ,diem1 ! fir/ ,presid5t ( ,s\?    
,vietnam2 ,:]eas ! ,republic ( ,vietnam 
,milit>y ,=ces consi/$ ( ! ,army ( !    
,republic ( ,vietnam1 ! ,republic (     
,vietnam ,air ,=ce1 & ! ,republic (     
,vietnam ,navy1 :i* includ$ ! ,republic 
( ,vietnam ,m>9e ,division2 ,:]eas !    
duties ( ^? bran*es includ$ protect+ !  
sov]eignty ( ! free ,vietnamese nation &
 ! ,republic1 ma9ta9+ ! political &     
social ord] & ! rule ( law by provid+   
int]nal security1 def5d+ ! newly        
indep5d5t ,republic ( ,vietnam f ext]nal

 & int]nal ?reats1 & help+ to reunify   
,vietnam1 a c\ntry t _h be5 divid$ s9ce 
! ,g5eva ,accords ( #aied2 ,:]eas !     
,vietnam w> br\ght ab\t ! loss ( m ?an  
#bej1jjj memb]s ( ! ,s\? ,vietnamese    
,arm$ ,=ces & m ?an #eh1jjj memb]s ( !  
,unit$ ,/ates ,arm$ ,=ces2 ,:]eas m ?an 
#cjj1jjj memb]s ( ! ,unit$ ,/ates ,arm$ 
,=ces1 & m ?an #a1jjj1jjj memb]s ( !    
,s\? ,vietnamese ,arm$ ,=ces1 7 injur$2 
,:]eas aft] ! fall ( ,saigon on ,april  
#cj1 #aige1 m ?an #bej1jjj memb]s ( !   
,s\? ,vietnamese ,arm$ ,=ces 7 s5t to   
prison camps :]e _m sp5t #ah ye>s or m 9
 captivity1 & m ?an #bj1jjj di$ be=e !y 
7 releas$2 ,:]eas ! end ( ! ,vietnam w> 
left ! ,s\? ,vietnamese ,arm$ ,=ces 9   
dis>ray2 ,:]eas _m milit>y p]sonnel & _!
 family memb]s fl$ ,vietnam to escape   
tyrannical au?orit>ian rule &           
oppression1 hop+ to f9d democracy &     
fre$om 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates & o!r free     
nations2 ,:]eas !y sp5t mon?s at sea & 9
 jungles1 battl+ hung]1 ?ir/1 &         
sep>ation f _! families & lov$ ones2    

,:]eas _m ( ^? :o rea*$ ! ,unit$ ,/ates 
f\nd refuge ?r\gh\t ! c\ntry :]e !y fac$
 socioeconomic *all5ges1 b 7 det]m9$ to 
build new lives "h2 ,:]eas1 9 ! ,unit$  
,/ates1 ^! milit>y p]sonnel cont9u$ to  
fight = _! home c\ntry & ! p !re2 ,:]eas
 !y h be5 a /rong voice = democracy1    
religi\s fre$om1 & human rights 9       
,vietnam1 & h contribut$ culturally &   
economically to ,am]ican society & to ! 
div]sity ( our ,nation2 ,:]eas ^!       
vet]ans 7 fight+ side-by-side ) ,am]ican
 troops aga9/ a common enemy & risk$ _! 
lives to save _m ,am]ican lives2 ,:]eas 
all vet]ans :o risk$ _! lives fight+ =  
fre$om 9 ! ,vietnam w> %\ld be honor$ = 
_! di/+ui%$ s]vice & = ! contributions  
!y cont9ue to provide to ! ,unit$ ,/ates
 z ,am]ican citiz5s2 ,:]eas annually    
,vietnamese ,am]icans ar\nd ! _w        
recognize ! ,republic ( ,vietnam ,arm$  
,=ces ,day on ,june #ai1 & ?is ye>1     
#bjbe1 m>ks ! #fj? anniv]s>y ( ?is      
annual commemoration2 ,:]eas ?\s&s (    
vet]ans ( ! ,s\? ,vietnamese ,arm$ ,=ces

 n[ reside 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates &          
p>ticipate 9 activities sponsor$ by     
,am]ican vet]ans1 includ+ ,memorial     
,day1 ,vet]ans ,day1 & ,indep5d5ce ,day2
 & ,:]eas ! memb]s ( ! ,s\? ,vietnamese 
,arm$ ,=ces :o paid ! ultimate sacrifice
 = _! nation1 & ^? :o h contribut$      
greatly to ! developm5t ( ,am]ican      
society1 des]ve to be honor$ &          
recogniz$3 ,n[1 !re=e1 be x ,t ! ,h\se (
 ,repres5tatives-- 7#a7 supports !      
designation ( ,vet]ans ( ! ,republic (  
,vietnam ,arm$ ,=ces ,day1 9 remembrance
 ( ! soldi]s :o sacrific$ _! lives =    
fre$om & democracy2 &  7#b7 honors !    
victims1 survivors1 activi/s1 & fre$om  
fight]s ( ! ,vietnam w>4