HomeMy WebLinkAboutProclamation 00- 163rd Infantry Regiment Rememberance Day September 16 2000
PROCLAMATION
163rd Infantry Regiment Remembrance Day
September 16, 2000
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WHEREAS, on this date, September 16, in 1940, the Montana National Guard's 163rd Infantry
Regiment was called to federal active duty to serve in World War II's Pacific
Theater; and on this day, September 16, in 2000, we recognize the 60th
anniversary of that call to duty, valor, faithful service and sacrifice these
Montanans made to country and state; and
WHEREAS, 1720 plus Montanans served in the 163rd Infantry Regiment During World War II
from the period of September 16, 1940 until demobilization on December 31,
1945; and
WHEREAS, the 163rd Infantry Regiment distinguished itself by serving in the lead combat
element of General Douglas MacArthur's "island-hopping" land warfare campaign,
wherein the soldiers won the Allied Force's first Pacific Theater land battle in New
Guinea and fought their way through the Philippine Islands, defeating the Japanese
forces in deadly and constant combat while earning the distinction of "Jungleers";
and
WHEREAS, the 163rd Infantry Regiment was prepared to again lead the Pacific Theater land
forces in the planned amphibious invasion of Japan, which was canceled due to
the Japanese Empire's abrupt surrender; and
WHEREAS, the 163rd Infantry Regiment received recognition by presidential and congressional
unit citations, and numerous individual decorations for valor and service to their
country; and
WHEREAS, the 163rd Infantry Regiment soldiers returned to Montana and worked to build their
communities and state.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Marcia B. Youngman, Mayor of the City of Bozeman, do hereby proclaim
September 16, 2000 as
"163rd Infantry Regiment Remembrance Day"
in the City of Bozeman, and encourage the citizens of Bozeman to remember those from
Montana, and particularly those from Bozeman, who served in the 163rd Infantry Regiment.
SEAL IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my
hand and caused the Great Seal of the City of
Bozeman, in the State of Montana, to be affixed
at Bozeman, Montana, this 11 th day of
September in the year of our Lord Two
Thousand.
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MARCIA B. YOUN MAN
Mayor