Bill Text: TX SCR46 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Paying tribute to Hiroshi H. Miyamura 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 [SCR46 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SCR46-Introduced.html
| 86R15347 SME-D | ||
| By: Fallon | S.C.R. No. 46 | |
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| WHEREAS, The valiant military service of Hiroshi H. Miyamura | ||
| 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. Army Corporal Hiroshi Miyamura earned the | ||
| Medal of Honor for his actions in the Korean War, when he served as a | ||
| machine gun squad leader in Company H, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd | ||
| Infantry Division; during an assault by Chinese troops on April 24, | ||
| 1951, he held off the enemy in hand-to-hand combat and by firing his | ||
| machine gun until its ammunition was expended; he ordered his squad | ||
| to withdraw, but he remained behind, helping man a second gun | ||
| emplacement and covering the withdrawal of the company; during his | ||
| gallant stand, he felled more than 50 of the Chinese attackers even | ||
| while suffering severe wounds, and he continued to fight until his | ||
| position was overrun and he was taken prisoner; he was held captive | ||
| for 28 months before being released; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Demonstrating extraordinary courage in the line of | ||
| duty, Hiroshi Miyamura 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 Hiroshi H. Miyamura 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. Miyamura as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives and Senate. | ||
