HomeMy WebLinkAboutPresentation - 100th BDay of President Gerald R.FordWhereas, President Gerald R. Ford served as the 38th President
of the United States and was a U.S. Navy World War 11 Veteran and
Veterans of Foreign Wars Life Member; and
Whereas, President Gerald R. Ford in a profound humanitarian
act authorized a $2 million fund and announced that the U.S. government
would begin the evacuation of otherwise slaughtered Asian -American
orphans from Saigon on a series of 30 planned flights, resulting in more
than 2,700 children adopted in the United States; and
Whereas, Operation Babylift was the name given to the mass
evacuation April 3-26, 1975, of orphans from South Vietnam at the end of
the Vietnam War; and
Whereas, Torch 1975 Inc. and VFW Post 9934 have the honor of
hosting the Operation Babylift Reunion Celebration in Dana Point,
California, along with the Centennial Celebration of President Ford on
July 12-15, 2013.
Now, Therefore, I, Jan C. Harnik, Mayor of the City of Palm
Desert, California, Do Hereby Recognize Sunday, July 14, 2013, as the
100th Birthday of President Gerald R. Ford
in the City of Palm Desert and join with Torch 1975 Inc. and VFW Post 9934
of Dana Point, California, in offering our best wishes on the President Ford
Centennial Birthday and Operation Babylift Reunion Celebrations.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and have
caused the Official Seal of the City of Palm Desert,
California, to be affixed this 11th day of July, 2013.
CITY COUNCIL ACTION
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