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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 150

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the President, with the advice

and consent of the Senate, should posthumously advance Rear Admiral

Husband E. Kimmel to the grade of admiral on the retired list of

the Navy and Major General Walter C. Short to the grade of lieutenant

general on the retired list of the Army.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 22, 1993

Mrs. BENTLEY (for herself, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. BONILLA, Mr. SKEEN, Mr.

STUMP, and Mr. WELDON) submitted the following concurrent resolution;

which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the President,

with the advice and consent of the Senate, should posthumously advance Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel

to the grade of admiral on the retired list of the Navy

and Major General Walter C. Short to the grade of

lieutenant general on the retired list of the Army.

Whereas Husband E. Kimmel was commander in chief of the

United States Pacific Fleet and Walter C. Short was

commander of the United States Army’s Hawaiian Department at the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl

Harbor on December 7, 1941;
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Whereas, at the time of the attack, Admiral Kimmel held the

grade of admiral pursuant to a temporary designation,

but following the attack was retired in his permanent

grade of rear admiral;

Whereas, at the time of the attack, General Short held the

grade of lieutenant general pursuant to a temporary designation, but following the attack was retired in his permanent grade of major general;

Whereas a naval court of inquiry found that, before and during the attack, no individual in the naval service committed any offense or incurred serious blame;

Whereas the naval court of inquiry specifically approved the

judgments and actions of Rear Admiral Kimmel under

the circumstances before and during the attack;

Whereas in 1946 a Joint Committee of the Congress specifically found that neither officer had been derelict in his

duty;

Whereas the Officer Personnel Act of 1947 permits the President, in his discretion and by and with the advice and

consent of the Senate, to advance certain naval and army

officers to the highest grade in which they served while

on active duty;

Whereas Rear Admiral Kimmel and Major General Short are

both eligible for such advancement;

Whereas, when the Officer Personnel Act of 1947 was implemented, Rear Admiral Kimmel’s name and Major General Short’s name were not submitted by the Departments of the Navy and Army, respectively, for such advancement;

Whereas in November 1991 an Army Board for the Correction of Military Records recommended that Major Gen-
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eral Short be posthumously advanced to the rank of lieutenant general; and

Whereas under the Act such advancement of Rear Admiral

Kimmel and Major General Short is at the discretion of

the President: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate

2 concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that the

3 President, by and with the advice and consent of the Sen4 ate, should posthumously advance Rear Admiral Husband

5 E. Kimmel, United States Navy, to the grade of admiral

6 on the retired list of the Navy and should posthumously

7 advance Major General Walter C. Short, United States

8 Army, to the grade of lieutenant general on the retired

9 list of the Army.

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