2011
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 11-1005
       
       BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Pace and Swerdfeger, Massey,
       McKinley, Vigil, Acree, Balmer, Barker, Baumgardner, Becker,
       Beezley, Bradford, Brown, Casso, Conti, Coram, Court, DelGrosso,
       Duran, Ferrandino, Fields, Fischer, Gardner B., Gardner D., Gerou,
       Hamner, Holbert, Hullinghorst, Jones, Joshi, Kagan, Kefalas, Kerr
       A., Kerr J., Labuda, Lee, Levy, Liston, Looper, McCann, Miklosi,
       Murray, Nikkel, Pabon, Peniston, Priola, Ramirez, Riesberg, Ryden,
       Scott, Solano, Sonnenberg, Soper, Stephens, Summers, Swalm,
       Szabo, Todd, Tyler, Vaad, Waller, Williams A., Wilson, McNulty;
       also SENATOR(S) Giron, Grantham, Aguilar, Bacon, Boyd,
       Brophy, Cadman, Carroll, Foster, Guzman, Harvey, Heath, Hodge,
       Hudak, Jahn, Johnston, King K., King S., Kopp, Lambert,
       Lundberg, Mitchell, Morse, Newell, Nicholson, Renfroe, Roberts,
       Scheffel, Schwartz, Shaffer B., Spence, Steadman, Tochtrop, White,
       Williams S..
       
          CONCERNING THE U.S.S. PUEBLO.  
       
       
          WHEREAS, The U.S.S. Pueblo was originally launched as a United
       States Army cargo ship in 1944 but was transferred to the United States
       Navy and renamed the U.S.S. Pueblo in 1966; and
       
          WHEREAS, The U.S.S. Pueblo was named for the city of Pueblo,
       Colorado, and the county of Pueblo, Colorado, and was the third ship in
       the naval fleet to bear the name Pueblo; and
       
       
       
       
       
       
          WHEREAS, After leaving Japan in early January 1968 on an
       intelligence mission, the U.S.S. Pueblo was attacked by the North Korean
       military on January 23, 1968; and
       
          WHEREAS, According to United States Naval authorities and the
       crew of the U.S.S. Pueblo, the ship was in international waters at the time
       of the attack; and
       
          WHEREAS, One crew member of the U.S.S. Pueblo was killed during
       the attack, and eighty crew members and two civilian oceanographers
       were captured and held for eleven months by the North Korean
       government; and
       
          WHEREAS, This year marks the forty-third anniversary of North
       Korea's attack on the U.S.S. Pueblo and her crew; and
       
          WHEREAS, The U.S.S. Pueblo is still in commission in the United
       States Navy, but continues to be held by the North Korean government
       and is currently a museum in Pyongyang, North Korea; now, therefore,
       
          Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Sixty-eighth
       General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the Senate concurring herein:
       
          (1)  That we, the members of the General Assembly, recognize the
       bravery and sacrifice of the crew of the U.S.S. Pueblo; and
       
          (2)  That we take pride in the fact that the U.S.S. Pueblo bears the
       name of a city and a county in Colorado, and, therefore, the citizens of
       Colorado should be aware of the incident that occurred with the U.S.S.
       Pueblo forty-three years ago; and
       
          (3)  That we hereby designate January 23 each year as "U.S.S. Pueblo
       Day" as a day to remember and honor the brave crew of the U.S.S.
       Pueblo.
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
          Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint Resolution be sent to
       President Barack Obama, Governor John W. Hickenlooper, President Pro
       Tempore of the United States Senate Daniel K. Inouye, Speaker of the
       United States House of Representatives John Boehner, and the members
       of Colorado's congressional delegation.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Frank McNulty                    Brandon C. Shaffer 
       SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE                    PRESIDENT OF
       OF REPRESENTATIVES                        THE SENATE
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Marilyn Eddins                        Cindi Markwell
       CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE                SECRETARY OF
       OF REPRESENTATIVES                        THE SENATE