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NINETIETH NATIONAL CONVENTION
OF
THE AMERICAN LEGION
Phoenix, Arizona
August 26, 27, 28, 2008
Resolution No. 88: Cold War Victory Medal
Origin: Florida
Submitted by: Convention Committee on National Security
Consolidated with Resolution 16 (DC)
WHEREAS, The United States Armed Forces engaged the forces of international communism continuously from the end of
World War II until the disintegration of the former Soviet Union; and
WHEREAS, The United States, during this extended period, relied for its manpower source on a national service Army, Navy,
Air Force, and Marine Corps made up of citizens performing their obligated duty to serve and defend the United States; and
WHEREAS, The defeat of the former Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies constituted the greatest success of American
Armed Forces since the end of World War II; and
WHEREAS, Many American citizens served the nation in assigned duties without receiving tangible recognition for that
service; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, By The American Legion in National Convention assembled in Phoenix,
Arizona, August 26, 27, 28, 2008, That The American Legion urge Congress to authorize
and provide funding for the award of a COLD WAR VICTORY MEDAL to all Armed Forces
members who served on extended active duty during the period of September 2, 1945
through December 26, 1991, thereby commemorating service in the Cold War to eliminate
the threat of a determined enemy to overpower the freely elected democracies of the
world.