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Commissioner ~)~g moved adoption
of the following Resolution
BOARD OF COUNTY COMIVIISSIONERS
COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATE OF COLORADO
RESOLUTION N0.2002 -
HONORING UNITED STATES VETERANS OF THE KOREAN WAR WHO KEPT
THE PEACE, AND ON THE AWARD OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA KOREAN
SERVICE WAR MEDAL TO KOREAN WAR VETERANS
WHEREAS, the Armed Forces of the United States of America to preserve the freedoms
of peace loving peoples around the world responded to a regwest from the United Nations to
intervene on the Korean Peninsula; and
WHEREAS, our Armed Forces served in the Republic of Korea between the outbreak of
hostilities, June 25, 1950, and the date the armistice was signed, July 27, 1953; and
WHEREAS, our Armed Forces performed their duty admirably within the territorial
limits of Korea, in the waters immediately adjacent thereto, and in aerial flight over Korea
participating in actual combat operations, and in support of those operations; and
WHEREAS, on the occasion of the 50~' anniversary of the Korean War, the Republic of
Korea government decided to issue the Republic of Korea War Service Medal to pay tribute to
the Korean War veterans for their historic endeavors to preserve freedom of the Republic of
Korea and the free world; and
WHEREAS, on August 20, 1999 the Defense Deparhnent approved the acceptance and
wear of the medal, making approximately 1.8 million U.S. veterans of the Korean War eligible to
receive this honor; and
WHEREAS, on September 16, 2002, Korean War veterans of Eagle County and
environs were honored in a ceremony in Glenwood Springs.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMIVIISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATE OF COLORADO:
THAT, Eagle County honors the sacrifices made by our Korean War Veterans to
preserve freedom, and congratulates them on the receipt of the Republic of Korea War Service
Medal.
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MOVED, READ AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of the
County of Eagle, State of Colorado, at its regular meeting held the day of September
2002.
ATTEST:
Clerk to the Boar of
County Commissioners
COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATE OF
COLORADO, By and Through Its
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
By:
Michael L. Gallagher
Chairman
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~-rn M. Menconi
Commissioner
Tom .Stone
Commissioner
Commissioner seconded adoption of the foregoing resolution.
The roll having been called, a vote was as follows:
Commissioner Tom C. Stone
Commissioner Arn M. Menconi
Commissioner Michael L. Gallagher
This resolution passed by ~ -[~ vote of the Board of County Commissioners of
the County of Eagle, State of Colorado.