SENATE RESOLUTION 415--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...; Congressional Record Vol. 165, No. 178
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SENATE RESOLUTION 415--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 ISSUED
Mr. SCHUMER (for Ms. Warren (for herself, Ms. Murkowski, Ms. McSally,
Mr. Tester, Ms. Harris, Mr. Sullivan, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Hassan, and
Mrs. Capito)) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs:
S. Res. 415
Whereas there are approximately 2,000,000 women veterans of
the Armed Forces living in the United States, who have served
the United States with honor and distinction, yet the service
of those women is often forgotten and they become ``invisible
veterans'';
Whereas women veterans of the Armed Forces have made
invaluable contributions to the United States since the
American Revolution;
Whereas Deborah Sampson of Massachusetts and Margaret
Corbin of New York served during the American Revolution and
were wounded in combat, and Congress granted pensions to both
pioneering women for their service;
Whereas Dr. Mary Edwards Walker served as a surgeon during
the American Civil War and is the only woman to have been
awarded the Medal of Honor;
Whereas Cathay Williams, who was born a slave, enlisted in
the Regular Army disguised as a man and served in the
American West for 3 years;
Whereas Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee, a nurse in the Navy who
served during World War I, was the first woman to receive the
Navy Cross;
Whereas Lieutenant Colonel Charity Adams Earley, Women's
Army Corps, commanded the 6888th Central Postal Directory
Battalion during World War II, which was the only all-
African-American unit of the Women's Army Corps to serve
overseas during that war;
Whereas Hazel Lee, the first Asian-American woman to become
a pilot in the Armed Forces, flew with the Women Airforce
Service Pilots during World War II;
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 professionals, continued to serve after the
war, was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower as
Director of the Women's Army Corps in 1957 and reappointed by
President John F. Kennedy in 1961, was awarded the Legion of
Merit for her work to successfully integrate Black women into
the Women's Army Corps, increased the strength of the Women's
Army Corps by nearly 25 percent, ensured that the Army opened
26 new military occupational specialties for active duty
enlisted women and 50 such specialties for women reservists,
and successfully fought for legislation to approve active
duty credit for service in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps,
the precursor to the Women's Army Corps, to correct
inequities for reserve officers of the Women's Army Corps;
Whereas Margaret Zane Fleming and her 12 colleagues with
the 1st Mobile Army Surgical Hospital who landed at Inchon,
Korea, on September 15, 1950, and the many other nurses,
physical therapists, pharmacists, and other women who saved
lives were on the front lines of not only the Korean War but
also of medical trauma care;
Whereas 8 women gave their lives while serving in the Armed
Forces in Vietnam, including First Lieutenant Sharon Ann
Lane, Second Lieutenant Pamela Dorothy Donovan, Lieutenant
Colonel Annie Ruth Graham, Captain Mary Therese Klinker,
Second Lieutenant Carol Ann Elizabeth Drazba, Second
Lieutenant Elizabeth Ann Jones, Captain Eleanor Grace
Alexander, and First Lieutenant Hedwig Diane Orlowski;
Whereas Specialist Lori Piestewa, a member of the Hopi
Tribe, 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
Freedom;
Whereas First Lieutenant Ashley White and Captain Jennifer
Moreno, both soldiers and members of the Cultural Support
Teams of the Army, gave their lives for the United States
while serving in action alongside the special operations
forces they supported in Afghanistan;
Whereas United States Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer
Shannon Kent, cryptologic technician, wife, and mother, was
killed in action in Manbij, Syria;
Whereas all women who have served in the Armed Forces
throughout our Nation's history, whether at the front, in
support positions behind the lines, or here at home have
marked a trail of honor for those who will follow them; and
Whereas these women warriors and millions of others should
be honored for their service and recognized for their
important contributions to the United States: Now, therefore,
be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that--
(1) the United States Postal Service should issue a
commemorative postage stamp series honoring women veterans of
the Armed Forces; and
(2) the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend
to the Postmaster General that such a stamp series be issued.
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