Bill Text: TX HCR111 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Paying tribute to Michael Edwin Thornton on the occasion of the 2019 Medal of Honor Host City Weekend in Gainesville.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-02 - Signed by the Governor [HCR111 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HCR111-Enrolled.html
| H.C.R. No. 111 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The valiant military service of Michael Edwin | ||
| Thornton is being saluted as part of the 2019 Medal of Honor Host | ||
| City Weekend in Gainesville; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Established in 2001, Gainesville's Medal of Honor | ||
| Host City Program acknowledges the heroism and sacrifice of | ||
| individuals who have earned the Medal of Honor, the nation's | ||
| highest military award for valor; each year, local citizens join | ||
| together to fund travel costs and other expenses to bring medal | ||
| recipients to the city for a special series of events; and | ||
| WHEREAS, U.S. Navy Petty Officer Michael Thornton earned his | ||
| Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War, when he was one of two U.S. | ||
| Navy advisors to a three-man Vietnamese Navy SEAL team during a raid | ||
| on an enemy base along a river; after the senior U.S. Navy advisor | ||
| was badly wounded, PO Thornton returned to him under heavy fire, | ||
| killed two enemy soldiers, and dragged his comrade to the river, | ||
| where he then inflated the wounded man's life jacket and towed him | ||
| through the water for two hours until they were rescued; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Demonstrating extraordinary courage in the line of | ||
| duty, Michael Edwin Thornton fulfilled the highest ideals of the | ||
| United States armed forces, and he has earned the lasting | ||
| admiration of a grateful nation; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 86th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby pay tribute to Michael Edwin Thornton on the occasion of the | ||
| 2019 Medal of Honor Host City Weekend in Gainesville and commend him | ||
| for his exemplary service in the defense of our nation; and, be it | ||
| further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Mr. Thornton as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives and Senate. | ||
| Springer | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 111 was adopted by the House on | ||
| March 13, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 111 was adopted by the Senate on | ||
| March 14, 2019, by a viva-voce vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
