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Union Calendar No. 251 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2788 

[Report No. 111–435] 

To designate a Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial at the March 

Field Air Museum in Riverside, California. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 10, 2009 

Mr. CALVERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

MARCH 11, 2010 

Additional sponsors: Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. DREIER, Mr. MASSA, Mr. SNYDER, 

Mrs. BONO MACK, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. WU, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. ISSA, 

Mr. LEWIS of California, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. POSEY, Mr. 

LINDER, Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California, Mr. WOLF, Mrs. 

BLACKBURN, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina, Mr. 

KILDEE, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. BOCCIERI, Mr. LATTA, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, 

Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. CAO, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. PUTNAM, Ms. 

MARKEY of Colorado, Mr. FILNER, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. WITTMAN, Ms. 

FUDGE, Mr. HALL of New York, Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee, Mr. LANCE, 

Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. GALLEGLY, Ms. NORTON, 

Mr. CARNAHAN, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. FOSTER, Mrs. 

DAHLKEMPER, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. GORDON of Tennessee, Mr. 

HUNTER, and Mrs. LOWEY

MARCH 11, 2010 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

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


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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: 

10 (1) The most reliable statistics regarding the 

11 number of members of the Armed Forces who have 

12 been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross indi13 cate that 126,318 members of the Armed Forces re14 ceived the medal during World War II, approxi15 mately 21,000 members received the medal during 

16 the Korean conflict, and 21,647 members received 

17 the medal during the Vietnam War. Since the end 

18 of the Vietnam War, more than 203 Armed Forces 

19 members have received the medal in times of con20 flict. 

21 (2) The National Personnel Records Center in 

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

23 many more recipients of the Distinguished Flying 

24 Cross may be undocumented. Currently, the Depart25 ment of Defense continues to locate and identify 


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1 members of the Armed Forces who have received the 

2 medal and are undocumented. 

3 (3) The United States currently lacks a na4 tional memorial dedicated to the bravery and sac5 rifice of those members of the Armed Forces who 

6 have distinguished themselves by heroic deeds per7 formed in aerial flight. 

8 (4) An appropriate memorial to current and 

9 former members of the Armed Forces is under con10 struction at March Field Air Museum in Riverside, 

11 California. 

12 (5) This memorial will honor all those members 

13 of the Armed Forces who have distinguished them14 selves in aerial flight, whether documentation of 

15 such members who earned the Distinguished Flying 

16 Cross exists or not. 

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

18 Armed Forces who have been awarded the Distinguished 

19 Flying Cross that is under construction at March Field 

20 Air Museum in Riverside, California, is hereby designated 

21 as the Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial. 

22 (c) EFFECT OF DESIGNATION.—The national memo23 rial designated by this section is not a unit of the National 

24 Park System, and the designation of the national memo25 rial shall not be construed to require or permit Federal 


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1 funds to be expended for any purpose related to the na2 tional memorial. 


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Union Calendar No. 251 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2788 

[Report No. 111–435] 

A BILL 

To designate a Distinguished Flying Cross National 

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

MARCH 11, 2010 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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