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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 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Distinguished Flying 
Cross National Memorial Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS 
NATIONAL MEMORIAL IN RIVERSIDE, CALI-
FORNIA. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The most reliable statistics regarding the 
number of members of the Armed Forces who have 
been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross indi-
cate that 126,318 members of the Armed Forces re-
ceived the medal during World War II, approxi-
mately 21,000 members received the medal during 
the Korean conflict, and 21,647 members received 
the medal during the Vietnam War. Since the end 
of the Vietnam War, more than 203 Armed Forces 
members have received the medal in times of con-
flict. 
(2) The National Personnel Records Center in 
St. Louis, Missouri, burned down in 1973, and thus 
many more recipients of the Distinguished Flying 
Cross may be undocumented. Currently, the Depart-
ment of Defense continues to locate and identify 
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members of the Armed Forces who have received the 
medal and are undocumented. 
(3) The United States currently lacks a na-
tional memorial dedicated to the bravery and sac-
rifice of those members of the Armed Forces who 
have distinguished themselves by heroic deeds per-
formed in aerial flight. 
(4) An appropriate memorial to current and 
former members of the Armed Forces is under con-
struction at March Field Air Museum in Riverside, 
California. 
(5) This memorial will honor all those members 
of the Armed Forces who have distinguished them-
selves in aerial flight, whether documentation of 
such members who earned the Distinguished Flying 
Cross exists or not. 
(b) DESIGNATION.—The memorial to members of the 
Armed Forces who have been awarded the Distinguished 
Flying Cross that is under construction at March Field 
Air Museum in Riverside, California, is hereby designated 
as the Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial. 
(c) EFFECT OF DESIGNATION.—The national memo-
rial designated by this section is not a unit of the National 
Park System, and the designation of the national memo-
rial shall not be construed to require or permit Federal 
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funds to be expended for any purpose related to the na-
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 
Memorial at the March Field Air Museum in 
Riverside, California. 
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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