Bill Text: TX HR1545 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Commemorating the 2015 Vietnam Veterans Day ceremony being hosted by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 76 in San Antonio.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-26 - Reported enrolled [HR1545 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR1545-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Commemorating the 2015 Vietnam Veterans Day ceremony being hosted by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 76 in San Antonio.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-26 - Reported enrolled [HR1545 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR1545-Introduced.html
84R18404 RMA-D | ||
By: Martinez Fischer | H.R. No. 1545 |
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WHEREAS, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 76 in San Antonio | ||
is hosting a ceremony on March 28, 2015, in recognition of Vietnam | ||
Veterans Day; and | ||
WHEREAS, One of the oldest posts in the Lone Star State, VFW | ||
Post No. 76 annually marks this observance, which commemorates the | ||
anniversary of the withdrawal of U.S. armed forces from Vietnam on | ||
March 29, 1973; and | ||
WHEREAS, Members of the U.S. armed forces were initially sent | ||
to South Vietnam in an advisory capacity in 1961; the first American | ||
ground combat units arrived there in 1965, and by 1969 | ||
approximately 543,000 U.S. troops were serving in that country; by | ||
the time the war ended in April 1975, more than three million | ||
Americans had seen duty in Southeast Asia; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Vietnam War claimed the lives of more than | ||
58,000 members of the U.S. armed forces, including over 3,400 | ||
Texans; more than 2,500 American servicemen were taken prisoner, | ||
and an estimated 3,000 to 6,000 were counted as missing in action; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Americans owe a lasting debt of gratitude and | ||
remembrance to the men and women who served this country in Vietnam, | ||
and this event pays fitting tribute to those military personnel for | ||
their brave and steadfast efforts and immeasurable sacrifice in one | ||
of the most difficult wars in this nation's history; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commemorate the Vietnam Veterans Day | ||
celebration at VFW Post No. 76 in San Antonio and extend to the | ||
event's organizers and participants sincere best wishes for a | ||
meaningful and memorable observance; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for VFW Post No. 76 as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. |