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Oregon House honors civilians who served on Wake Island in World War II; adopts HCR 23
Summary
The Oregon House on the floor adopted House Concurrent Resolution 23 recognizing 134 Oregonians who served as civilian contractors on Wake Island during World War II and read the names of the 31 who died.
The Oregon House on the floor adopted House Concurrent Resolution 23 on an unrecorded final tally, recognizing 134 Oregonians who served as civilian contractors on Wake Island during World War II and reading the names of the 31 who perished.
Representative Lewis, who introduced the resolution, summarized the events of December 1941 and the 16‑day siege on Wake Island: "Colleagues, I wanna take you back a few decades to 12/07/1941. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt designated that day as a day which will live in infamy. ... What people don't know is what happened on that same day about 5 hours later, 2,000 miles away on the island of Wake in the Pacific." He told members the resolution documents civilian contractors who took up arms to aid Marines, the…
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