HR 320
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 320
To designate a Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial at the
March Field Air Museum in Riverside, California.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 19, 2011
Mr. CALVERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Natural Resources
A BILL
To designate a Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial at the
March Field Air Museum in Riverside, California.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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,
CALIFORNIA.
(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 indicate
that 126,318 members of the Armed Forces received the medal during World
War II, approximately 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 conflict.
(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 Department of Defense continues
to locate and identify members of the Armed Forces who have received the
medal and are undocumented.
(3) The United States currently lacks a national memorial dedicated to the
bravery and sacrifice of those members of the Armed Forces who have distinguished
themselves by heroic deeds performed in aerial flight.
(4) An appropriate memorial to current and former members of the Armed Forces
is under construction at March Field Air Museum in Riverside, California.
(5) This memorial will honor all those members of the Armed Forces who have
distinguished themselves 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, located at March Field Air Museum
in Riverside, California, is hereby designated as the Distinguished Flying
Cross National Memorial.
(c) Effect of Designation- The national memorial designated by this section
is not a unit of the National Park System, and the designation of the national
memorial shall not be construed to require or permit Federal funds to be expended
for any purpose related to the national memorial.
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