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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 post-
humously 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 De-
partment 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 des-
ignation, but following the attack was retired in his per-
manent grade of major general;
Whereas a naval court of inquiry found that, before and dur-
ing the attack, no individual in the naval service commit-
ted 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 specifi-
cally found that neither officer had been derelict in his
duty;
Whereas the Officer Personnel Act of 1947 permits the Presi-
dent, 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 imple-
mented, Rear Admiral Kimmel’s name and Major Gen-
eral Short’s name were not submitted by the Depart-
ments of the Navy and Army, respectively, for such ad-
vancement;
Whereas in November 1991 an Army Board for the Correc-
tion of Military Records recommended that Major Gen-
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eral Short be posthumously advanced to the rank of lieu-
tenant 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
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that the
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Sen-
ate, should posthumously advance Rear Admiral Husband
E. Kimmel, United States Navy, to the grade of admiral
on the retired list of the Navy and should posthumously
advance Major General Walter C. Short, United States
Army, to the grade of lieutenant general on the retired
list of the Army.
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