This bill doesn't change any state law—it's a formal recognition by the South Dakota Legislature honoring Captain Royce Williams, a South Dakota native, for his exceptional military service and bravery during a 1952 naval combat mission against Soviet aircraft over North Korea. The commemoration acknowledges that Williams engaged in what is believed to be the longest dogfight in U.S. Navy history, shooting down four enemy planes, and that the President recently recommended him for the Medal of Honor.
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This bill does not directly amend codified state law.
The enrolled version added ten additional legislators as sponsors (Representatives Baxter, Emery, Massie, Muckey, Van Diepen and Senators Duhamel, Howard, Otten, Perry, Reed, Zikmund) beyond the original sponsor.
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