Bill Text: OH HCR48 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: To recognize the outstanding service of the 65th
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-11-13 - To Public Safety, Local Government & Veteran Affairs [HCR48 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2013-HCR48-Enrolled.html
|
|
Representatives Perales, Ramos
Cosponsors:
Representatives Adams, J., Terhar, Thompson, Curtin, Milkovich, Stebelton, Barborak, Hackett, Adams, R., Lundy, Gerberry, Celebrezze, Ashford, Budish, Carney, Letson, Sheehy, Bishoff, Slesnick, Redfern, Pillich, Antonio, Driehaus, Phillips, Foley, Patterson, Hagan, R., Reece, Fedor, Rosenberger, Landis, Retherford, Amstutz, Anielski, Baker, Blessing, Boose, Boyce, Brenner, Brown, Buchy, Burkley, Butler, Clyde, Conditt, Derickson, DeVitis, Dovilla, Duffey, Green, Grossman, Hagan, C., Hall, Hayes, Heard, Hood, Hottinger, Huffman, Johnson, Kunze, Maag, Mallory, McClain, O'Brien, Rogers, Romanchuk, Ruhl, Scherer, Schuring, Sears, Slaby, Smith, Sprague, Stautberg, Stinziano, Strahorn, Sykes, Winburn Speaker Batchelder
| To recognize the outstanding service of the 65th | 1 |
| Infantry Regiment from Puerto Rico and to urge the | 2 |
| award of a Congressional Gold Medal to the | 3 |
| Regiment. | 4 |
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE SENATE CONCURRING):
| WHEREAS, In 1898, the United States acquired Puerto Rico in | 5 |
| the Treaty of Paris that ended the Spanish-American War and, by | 6 |
| the following year, Congress had authorized raising a unit of | 7 |
| volunteer soldiers in the newly acquired territory; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, In June 1920, the unit was designated as the "65th | 9 |
| Infantry Regiment, United States Army," and it would serve as the | 10 |
| United States military's last segregated unit composed of Hispanic | 11 |
| soldiers; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, The Regiment participated in World War I, World War | 13 |
| II, and the Korean War; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, During the Korean War, soldiers in the Regiment | 15 |
| earned ten distinguished service crosses, two hundred fifty-six | 16 |
| silver stars, six hundred six bronze stars, and two thousand seven | 17 |
| hundred seventy-seven Purple Hearts; and | 18 |
| WHEREAS, On April 25, 2013, H.R. 1726 was introduced in the | 19 |
| United States House of Representatives to award a Congressional | 20 |
| Gold Medal to the Regiment; and | 21 |
| WHEREAS, On June 18, 2013, S. 1174 was introduced in the | 22 |
| United States Senate to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the | 23 |
| Regiment; and | 24 |
| WHEREAS, The Congressional Gold Medal is among the highest | 25 |
| civilian awards in the United States and is awarded to persons | 26 |
| "who have performed an achievement that has an impact on American | 27 |
| history and culture that is likely to be recognized as a major | 28 |
| achievement in the recipient's field long after the achievement"; | 29 |
| and | 30 |
| WHEREAS, Veterans of the Regiment should receive recognition | 31 |
| for selflessly giving their time, effort, and lives; and | 32 |
| WHEREAS, Ohio is home to more than eleven thousand Hispanic | 33 |
| veterans; now therefore be it | 34 |
| RESOLVED, That the General Assembly recognizes the | 35 |
| outstanding service of the 65th Infantry Regiment; and be it | 36 |
| further | 37 |
| RESOLVED, That the General Assembly urges the Ohio | 38 |
| Congressional delegation to acknowledge the outstanding service of | 39 |
| the 65th Infantry Regiment and to highlight the Regiment's story | 40 |
| by supporting H.R. 1726 and S. 1174; and be it further | 41 |
| RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives | 42 |
| transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to the | 43 |
| members of the Ohio Congressional delegation and to the news media | 44 |
| of Ohio. | 45 |
