Honoring and remembering on National Former POW Recognition Day and the 75th Anniversary of the Fall of Bataan on the Philippine Islands, the brave men and women who as prisoners of war gave their liberty to ensure ours, thus embodying the enduring spirit of American freedom and determination.

appreciates the recent efforts by the Government of Japan toward a historic apology for Imperial Japan’s maltreatment of United States prisoners of war; and

asks the Department of State to work with the Government of Japan and representatives of the United States POWs to memorialize this historic 75th Anniversary of the Fall of Bataan by crafting a formal agreement establishing a permanent future fund to understand, preserve, and teach the history of the United States POW experience with Japan.