Resolution No. 3987RESOLUTION NO 3987
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
CALIFORNIA, EXPRESSING CONCERN FOR AMERICAN POW/MIA
SERVICE PERSONNEL.
WHEREAS, the United States is nearing the 20th anniversary of
the end of the Vietnam War and
WHEREAS, over 2200 members of the United States Armed Forces
are still unaccounted for• and
WHEREAS, animal bones and miscellaneous pieces of material
sent back as remains do not constitute adequate verification of the
fate of those Americans designated as missing -in -action, and
WHEREAS pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution No. 170, the
Cypress City Council has proclaimed September 26 1991, as 'POW/MIA
Recognition Day in the City of Cypress, along with the display of the
POW/MIA flag on flagstaffs at certain City facilities and
WHEREAS, the Defense Intelligence Office, charged with the
responsibility of researching and verifying information on the missing
Americans, is respectfully urged to diligently pursue this course of
action, and
WHEREAS, the United States Senate may appoint a special
committee to study the entire issue of those Americans missing in
Vietnam.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the
City of Cypress California, does hereby.
Section 1. Support and encourage the United States Senate to
form a special committee to investigate the issue of American citizens
missing in Vietnam.
Section 2. Request a complete accounting by the Defense
Intelligence Office to the families of those missing and the people of
this nation as to the actions and process used over the last 20 years
to locate or verify the fate of those Americans missing in Vietnam.
Section3 Request the President of the United States, George
Bush, to commit the necessary resources to ensure that all missing
Americans are accounted for and this unfinished business of the
Vietnam War be once and for all laid to rest.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Cypress at a regular meeting held on the 23rd day of September 1991
ATTEST
CITY CLE S CITYfCYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE
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MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
I, DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO
HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted at a
regular meeting of the said City Council held on the 23rd day of
September 1991 by the following roll call vote:
AYES 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS Age, Kerry Nicholson, Partin and Bowman
NOES 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS None
ABSENT. 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS. None
/CLERK THE CI
CITY L RK THE CI OF CYPRESS