Sponsored by Alaska Senator Dan Sullivan, the resolution was introduced on Tuesday, July 30, passing with unanimous consent, and without amendment.
In its language, the resolution presented a timeline for troop presence in the Southeast Asian nation, and acknowledged the 58,000 Americans dead, and 153,000 wounded during the conflict.
It also mentioned the exposure to harmful chemicals like Agent Orange, which many veterans experienced. The resolution called the war divisive in the United States, saying that divisiveness is “a result of certain biased and shameful attacks from some in media and academia, politicians, and many others.”
Finally, it expressed regret for mistreatment, including attacks, which veterans received following their return from the war. In a speech on the Senate floor, Sullivan said, “Instead of being wracked and incapacitated by bitterness or anger, our Vietnam veterans—and I have seen it throughout my career in the military—when they came home, they said ‘Here is what we are going to do. We were treated really poorly. We are going to work really hard to make sure that the next generations of veterans who serve overseas aren’t treated poorly, that we get back to this level of World War II treatment.
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