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Expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued in honor of the S.S. LANE VICTORY.

Whereas the United States merchant marine has provided critical support to the Armed Forces of the United States in periods of conflict throughout this century;

Whereas the S.S. LANE VICTORY was one of the vessels used by the United States merchant marine to transport equipment, troops, and supplies during World War II, the Korean conflict, and the Vietnam era;

Whereas the S.S. LANE VICTORY was named for Isaac Lane, an African American who rose from slavery to become a bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and who later founded Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee, which stands today as a living museum; and

Whereas the profile of the S.S. LANE VICTORY on a commemorative postage stamp would heighten the Nation's awareness of the many acts of heroism rendered, and other contributions made, by individuals in the United States merchant marine: Now, therefore, be it

 

Expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued in honor of the S.S. LANE VICTORY.

Whereas the United States merchant marine has provided critical support to the Armed Forces of the United States in periods of conflict throughout this century;

Whereas the S.S. LANE VICTORY was one of the vessels used by the United States merchant marine to transport equipment, troops, and supplies during World War II, the Korean conflict, and the Vietnam era;

Whereas the S.S. LANE VICTORY was named for Isaac Lane, an African American who rose from slavery to become a bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and who later founded Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee, which stands today as a living museum; and

Whereas the profile of the S.S. LANE VICTORY on a commemorative postage stamp would heighten the Nation's awareness of the many acts of heroism rendered, and other contributions made, by individuals in the United States merchant marine: Now, therefore, be it