Bob Dole: “I rise today to introduce a joint resolution to designate the week of May 30, through June 7, 1994, for the National…”

“I rise today to introduce a joint resolution to designate the week of May 30, through June 7, 1994, for the National Observance of the 50th Anniversary of World War II. 1944 was a turning point in the war that was a turning point in America's history and in world history. It is fitting that Americans remember that year, and that we remember the soldiers who fought and died in places like Anzio, Bastogne, and the Phillipine Sea. On course, June 6 will also mark the 50th anniversary of D-Day--the greatest amphibious operation in military history. Led by Kansas native Dwight Eisenhower, allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, marking the beginning of the end of the war in Europe. We should also remember the words of Franklin Roosevelt, who told Americans, ``We are all in (this war)--all the way. Every single man, woman, and child is a partner in the most tremendous undertaking of our * * * history.'' And here at home, that partnership could be seen as American agriculture and industry worked together to form the greatest war machine the world had ever seen. Ships, aircraft, tanks and vehicles were manufactured at an unprecedented rate, while American farmers produced enough food to feed the world. The ingenuity, creativity, and patriotism demonstrated by the American people not only contributed to victory, but after the war, also transformed the United States into an unmatched industrial giant.”