IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 278 
Expressing the sense of Congress that a grateful Nation supports and salutes 
Sons and Daughters in Touch on its 20th Anniversary that is being 
held on Father’s Day, 2010, at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in 
Washington, the District of Columbia. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 13, 2010 
Mrs. HALVORSON (for herself and Mr. FILNER) submitted the following con-
current resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Af-
fairs 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of Congress that a grateful Nation 
supports and salutes Sons and Daughters in Touch on 
its 20th Anniversary that is being held on Father’s Day, 
2010, at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, 
the District of Columbia. 
Whereas there is virtue in remembering and honoring the 
service and sacrifice of those who died or remain missing 
as a result of the war in Southeast Asia and the families 
and children they left behind; 
Whereas an estimated 20,000 American children lost fathers 
in the war in Southeast Asia; 
Whereas Father’s Day is a fitting day to recognize the sac-
rifice and service of these fallen heroes and their families; 
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Whereas the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in the Na-
tion’s capital symbolically and literally represents the 
men and women who gave their lives in the war in South-
east Asia; 
Whereas Sons and Daughters in Touch (SDIT) is the only 
national organization formed specifically to bring to-
gether and support the children and families of these 
American heroes; 
Whereas SDIT locates, unites, and supports sons, daughters, 
and other family members of those who died or remain 
missing as a result of the Vietnam War and promotes 
healing through various outreach and education efforts; 
Whereas SDIT has held regular Father’s Day gatherings for 
the past 20 years to bring together such sons, daughters, 
wives, and other family members in a spirit of honor, re-
membrance, and learning; 
Whereas America’s current military campaigns have produced 
a new generation of Gold Star sons and daughters who 
have lost parents in war; 
Whereas Sons and Daughters in Touch is in a unique posi-
tion to serve as an example to current and future genera-
tions of Gold Star families as they bear the painful bur-
den resulting from the selfless sacrifices made by their 
fathers and mothers in wartime service to the Nation, 
and SDIT can also serve as a resilient example to all na-
tions affected by war; 
Whereas Sons and Daughters in Touch will celebrate its 20th 
anniversary, which is being held on Father’s Day, 2010, 
at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, the 
District of Columbia; and 
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Whereas there is triumph, comfort, and honor in healing: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that a grate-
ful Nation supports and salutes Sons and Daughters in 
Touch on its 20th Anniversary that is being held at the 
Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, the District 
of Columbia. 
Æ 
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