Bill Text: TX SCR45 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Concurrent Resolution 45 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

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 1)

Status: (N/A - Dead) 2019-04-25 - Laid on the table subject to call [SCR45 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SCR45-Introduced.html

	86R15353 JGH-D

	By: Fallon	S.C.R. No. 45



	CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
	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.