[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 68 (Friday, April 8, 1994)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Page 16769]
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[FR Doc No: 94-8675]
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[Federal Register: April 8, 1994]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register
Vol. 59, No. 68
Friday, April 8, 1994
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Title 3--
The President
Proclamation 6663 of April 6, 1994
National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day,
1994
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
The Armed Forces of the United States of America have
faced hostile actions in every decade of this century.
Over 200,000 American service members are currently
serving overseas, many in situations where armed
conflict is an ever-present possibility. Recent events
in Somalia and continuing peacekeeping operations in
Bosnia and elsewhere keep us fully mindful of the high
risks that even humanitarian missions entail.
Over the more than two hundred years of our
Independence, thousands of Americans have fallen into
the hands of our enemies. Many did not survive the
ordeal. Many who did return from captivity had suffered
unrelenting indignities, physical and psychological
abuse, and unspeakable torture.
Despite deprivation and suffering inflicted by their
captors, these brave Americans persevered, maintained
their honor, and kept faith with each other and with
the American people. In the Congress, in State and
local government, and in civic organizations across the
Nation, former prisoners of war still keep faith with
America through their continued service in positions of
leadership and trust.
These men and women rank with our greatest patriots; no
group of citizens is more deserving of remembrance and
special recognition than our former prisoners of war.
The Congress, by Public Law 103-60, has designated
April 9, 1994, as ``National Former Prisoner of War
Recognition Day'' and has authorized and requested the
President to issue a proclamation in observance of the
occasion.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the
United States of America, do hereby proclaim April 9,
1994, as National Former Prisoner of War Recognition
Day. I urge all American citizens to join in honoring
members of the Armed Forces of the United States who
have been held as prisoners of war. I also call upon
Federal, State, and local government officials and
private organizations to observe this day with
appropriate ceremonies and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
sixth day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen
hundred and ninety-four, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and
eighteenth.
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[FR Doc. 94-8675
Filed 4-6-94; 4:15 pm]
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