Bill Text: TX SCR31 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Paying tribute to James C. McCloughan on the occasion of the 2019 Medal of Honor Host City Weekend in Gainesville.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2019-04-25 - Laid on the table subject to call [SCR31 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SCR31-Introduced.html
86R15348 ST-D | ||
By: Fallon | S.C.R. No. 31 |
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WHEREAS, The valiant military service of James C. McCloughan | ||
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, A veteran of the United States Army, Private First | ||
Class McCloughan served in Vietnam as a combat medic with Company C | ||
in the 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry, 196th Light Infantry Brigade | ||
Americal Division; on May 13, 1969, a large North Vietnamese Army | ||
force ambushed his platoon near Tam Ky and Nui Yon Hill; without | ||
thought for his personal well-being, he repeatedly ran through | ||
heavy fire into the "kill zone" to treat injured comrades and carry | ||
them to safety; though he was wounded, he refused evacuation and | ||
remained at the battle site with his fellow soldiers, who were | ||
severely outnumbered; the following day, he was injured again while | ||
rendering aid, yet he returned to the crossfire numerous times; on | ||
May 15, after staying up all night to assist in a supply drop, he | ||
continued to fight alongside his comrades, knocking out a | ||
rocket-propelled grenade position, eliminating enemy troops, | ||
treating countless casualties, and organizing the dead and wounded | ||
for evacuation; and | ||
WHEREAS, Demonstrating extraordinary courage in the line of | ||
duty, James McCloughan 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 James C. McCloughan 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. McCloughan as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives and Senate. |