Bill Text: OH SCR31 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: To recognize the outstanding service of the 65th
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 22-9)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-03-25 - Passed 3rd Consideration House [SCR31 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2013-SCR31-Enrolled.html
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Senators Manning, Tavares
Cosponsors:
Senators LaRose, Gentile, Jordan, Turner, Cafaro, Burke, Gardner, Coley, Eklund, Skindell, Uecker, Jones, Hughes, Brown, Schiavoni, Bacon, Peterson, Beagle, Smith, Balderson, Faber, Hite, Lehner, Obhof, Oelslager, Patton, Sawyer, Schaffer, Widener
| 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 SENATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 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 Senate transmit duly | 42 |
| authenticated copies of this resolution to the members of the Ohio | 43 |
| Congressional delegation and to the news media of Ohio. | 44 |
