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Calendar No. 226 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 330 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 30, 2013 

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 

AN ACT 

To designate a Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial at the March Field Air Museum in Riverside, California. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Distinguished Flying 

5 Cross National Memorial Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS 

7 NATIONAL MEMORIAL IN RIVERSIDE, CALI8 FORNIA. 

9 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) The most reliable statistics regarding the 

2 number of members of the Armed Forces who have 

3 been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross indi4 cate that 126,318 members of the Armed Forces re5 ceived the medal during World War II, approxi6 mately 21,000 members received the medal during 

7 the Korean conflict, and 21,647 members received 

8 the medal during the Vietnam War. Since the end 

9 of the Vietnam War, more than 203 Armed Forces 

10 members have received the medal in times of con11 flict. 

12 (2) The National Personnel Records Center in 

13 St. Louis, Missouri, burned down in 1973, and thus 

14 many more recipients of the Distinguished Flying 

15 Cross may be undocumented. Currently, the Depart16 ment of Defense continues to locate and identify 

17 members of the Armed Forces who have received the 

18 medal and are undocumented. 

19 (3) The United States currently lacks a na20 tional memorial dedicated to the bravery and sac21 rifice of those members of the Armed Forces who 

22 have distinguished themselves by heroic deeds per23 formed in aerial flight. 

24 (4) An appropriate memorial to current and 

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1 struction at March Field Air Museum in Riverside, 

2 California. 

3 (5) This memorial will honor all those members 

4 of the Armed Forces who have distinguished them5 selves in aerial flight, whether documentation of 

6 such members who earned the Distinguished Flying 

7 Cross exists or not. 

8 (b) DESIGNATION.—The memorial to members of the 

9 Armed Forces who have been awarded the Distinguished 

10 Flying Cross, located at March Field Air Museum in Riv11 erside, California, is hereby designated as the Distin12 guished Flying Cross National Memorial. 

13 (c) EFFECT OF DESIGNATION.—The national memo14 rial designated by this section is not a unit of the National 

15 Park System, and the designation of the national memo16 rial shall not be construed to require or permit Federal 

17 funds to be expended for any purpose related to the na18 tional memorial. 

Passed the House of Representatives October 29, 

2013. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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Calendar No. 226 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 330 

AN ACT 

To designate a Distinguished Flying Cross National 

Riverside, California. Memorial at the March Field Air Museum in 

OCTOBER 30, 2013 

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 


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