Bill Text: TX SCR44 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Paying tribute to Hershel Woodrow Williams on the occasion of the 2019 Medal of Honor Host City Weekend in Gainesville.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2019-04-25 - Laid on the table subject to call [SCR44 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SCR44-Introduced.html
| 86R15346 JGH-D | ||
| By: Fallon | S.C.R. No. 44 | |
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| WHEREAS, The valiant military service of Hershel Woodrow | ||
| Williams 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. Marine Corps Corporal "Woody" Williams earned | ||
| his Medal of Honor at the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II, as | ||
| a member of the 21st Marines, 3rd Marine Division; for four | ||
| desperate hours on February 23, 1945, he personally eliminated a | ||
| number of reinforced concrete enemy pillboxes, destroying one after | ||
| another with demolition charges or killing their defenders at close | ||
| range with a flamethrower, all while under heavy fire; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Demonstrating extraordinary courage in the line of | ||
| duty, Hershel Woodrow Williams 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 Hershel Woodrow Williams 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. Williams as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives and Senate. | ||
