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RESOLUTION NUMBER 1IPt'...2
A Resolution ofthe City Council of the City of Seal Beach
Supporting ACR 98 Relative to U.S. Submarine Veterans WWII
Memorial Highway
WHEREAS, the V,S, Submarine Veterans WWII National Memorial West is located at the Seal I
Beach Naval Weapons Station and honors the 52 boats and over 3,500 sailors lost on
World War II submarines and the two submarines lost in the Cold War, the Thresher
and the Scorpion, alld
WHEREAS, tlus memorial was conceived, designed, built and is maintained by the Los Angeles
Area Chapter of the V S, Submarine Veterans ofWWll, an organization that
continues to selVe its community by doing volunteer work at the LOllg Beach
Veterans Hospital and for families of service members at the Seal Beach Naval
Weapons Station and by participating in parades honoring our veterans and our
country, alld
WHEREAS, Ii'om December 7, 1941 to August ]4, 1945, the V.S Submarille Service comprised
about 2 percent of naval personnel but accounted for 55 percent of the Pacific
Theater's enemy losses and rescued hundreds of downed allied flyers, including
former President George Bush; and
WHEREAS, seven of these courageous submarines earned our nation's highest military decoration,
the Medal of Honor, two of which were awarded posthumously after the recipient
paid the ultimate price for freedom; and
WHEREAS, the year 2000 marks the centennial anniversary of the commissioning of submarines in I
the U.S. Navy; alld
WHEREAS, Veterans of World War II are passing away at a rate of 10 percent per year and it
would be appropriate to publicly honor their significant accomplishments and
sacrifices while some survivors at still with us; and
WHEREAS, this public display memorializing the achievements of veterans of submarine service
will remind future generations of the sacrifices that their grandparents alld great
grandparents made during World War II and stand as an eternal symbol that the State
of California hOllors and remembers its veterans; and
WHEREAS, it is fitting alld proper that the portion of State Highway Route I from the intersection
of Gold West Street in Huntington Beach to the intersection of Westminster Avenue
in LOllg Beach be desigllated V,S. Submarine Veteralls ofWWU Memorial Highway.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council ofthe City of Seal Beach supports the
efforts to rename a portion of Pacific Coast Highway from Golden West Street in Huntington Beach to
the intersectioll of Westminster Avellue in Long Beach as "V.S Submarine Veterans ofWWII Memorial
Highway.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED on this
the year 2000 by the following vot
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Resolution Number-41B"..7~
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF SEAL BEACH )
I, Joanne M Yeo, City Clerk of Seal Beach, Californi:/jo h..:reby certifY that the foregoing
resolution is the original copy of Resolution Numbe~ on file in the office of the City Clerk,
passed, approved, and al?l!d by the City Council of t ity of Seal Beach, at a regular meeting
thereof held on the - day of 2000.