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for members of minority groups and two are named for 
women veterans; 
Whereas millions of women and members of minority groups 
have served in the Armed Forces of the United States 
since the founding of the Nation; 
Whereas during the Revolutionary War, Margaret Corbin and 
Deborah Sampson were among the first women to serve 
in combat, and women served in other roles, including a 
woman who served as Agent 355 in George Washington’s 
spy ring; 
Whereas during the Civil War, hundreds of women disguised 
themselves as men to serve in the military, and others 
served as nurses, spies, and administrators; 
Whereas Harriet Tubman became the first American woman 
known to lead troops in combat; 
Whereas for her service during the Civil War, Dr. Mary 
Edwards Walker became the first and only woman to re-
ceive the Medal of Honor; 
Whereas women have been formally part of the Armed Forces 
since the founding of the Army Nurse Corps in 1901 and 
the Navy Nurse Corps in 1908; 
Whereas many of the Nation’s heroes have been denied 
awards and recognition for their service due to systematic 
racial discrimination and anti-Semitism; 
Whereas Crispus Attucks was the first American to be killed 
in the Boston Massacre, which laid the foundation of 
American independence and freedom; 
Whereas Black servicemembers volunteered to participate and 
fight in every major war that America has engaged in, 
since the Revolutionary War, despite a legacy of slavery, 
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segregated units, the Jim Crow era, discriminatory voting 
statutes, job restrictions, and the denial of benefits re-
lated to their service; 
Whereas the first African-American pilots in the United 
States Air Force, often referred to as the Tuskegee Air-
men, destroyed over 250 German aircraft and destroyed 
over 950 supply vehicles in World War II; 
Whereas, during World War II, Tuskegee Airmen were 
awarded 8 Purple Hearts, 15 Bronze Stars, 150 Distin-
guished Flying Crosses, and nearly 750 other Air Medals; 
Whereas members of the LGBTQ community and their allies 
fought a campaign for the ability to serve their country 
openly and ultimately succeeded in lifting those restric-
tions; 
Whereas the success of the movement for equal service for 
the LGBTQ community has suffered a setback by way of 
administrative action which currently restricts the ability 
of transgender people to serve openly; 
Whereas Harvey Milk, one of the first openly gay elected offi-
cials in the United States, previously served in the 
United States Navy as a diving officer; 
Whereas American Indians and Alaska Natives serve in the 
highest per-capita proportion of any population to serve 
in the Armed Forces, including the Cherokee, Choctaw, 
and Assiniboine code talkers of World War I and Coman-
che, Mohawk, Muscogee, and Navajo code talkers of 
World War II; 
Whereas 60 Latino servicemembers have received the Medal 
of Honor, including eight from Puerto Rico and seven 
who were born outside of the United States, among them 
Rodolfo P. Herna´ndez, a son of a farmworker family who 
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earned the Medal of Honor for his actions and near- 
death injuries in Korea; 
Whereas Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Is-
landers have served in the United States Armed Forces 
since the War of 1812, including Telesforo Trinidad, the 
only member of the Armed Forces to receive a Medal of 
Honor for actions in peacetime; 
Whereas women and members of minority groups have served 
in every military role, from infantry soldier to cyber war-
fare engineer; 
Whereas the United States is proud of and appreciates the 
service of all women veterans and minority veterans who 
have demonstrated great courage and commitment to de-
fending the principles upon which the United States was 
founded and which the United States continues to up-
hold; and 
Whereas by naming new or undedicated facilities of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs for women veterans and mi-
nority veterans, the House of Representatives could— 
(1) highlight the historic and enduring presence of 
women and members of minority groups in the Armed 
Forces and the National Guard; and 
(2) pay respect to women veterans and minority vet-
erans for their valiant service and sacrifice on behalf of 
the United States: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives supports 
the naming of new or undedicated facilities of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs after women veterans and minor-
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ity veterans in order to reflect the diversity of all who have 
served in the Armed Forces of the United States. 
Æ 
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