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SRES 138 115th Congress Senate International Affairs Asia Commemorative events and holidays Conflicts and wars Detention of persons Japan Military history Military personnel and dependents Philippines

A resolution honoring National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day on April 9, 2017, and commemorating the 75th anniversary of the fall of Bataan.

Introduced: April 25, 2017 Introduced by: Cornyn, John Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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Honors National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day on April 9, 2017.

Commemorates the 75th anniversary of the fall of Bataan in the Philippines on April 9, 1942.

Applauds the Japanese government's efforts toward a historic apology for the maltreatment of U.S. prisoners of war by Imperial Japan.

What's happening now April 25, 2017

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2533)

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