Bill Text: TX HR14 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the U.S. Army's 1st Cavalry Division.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-10-07 - Reported enrolled [HR14 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR14-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 14 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The 1st Cavalry Division of the U.S. Army celebrated | ||
| its 100th anniversary in September 2021, providing a fitting | ||
| opportunity to pay tribute to the history of this legendary | ||
| American fighting force; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The 1st Cavalry Division was established on | ||
| September 13, 1921, at Fort Bliss in El Paso; early in its history, | ||
| the soldiers of the unit patrolled the Mexican border on horseback, | ||
| but by World War II, the division was part of a modern, mechanized | ||
| army; it took part in jungle and amphibious warfare in the South | ||
| Pacific, at Los Negros Island and in the Philippines, and in | ||
| February 1945, it was the first American unit to enter Manila; the | ||
| division went on to spend five years in Japan as part of the | ||
| occupation forces; and | ||
| WHEREAS, During the Korean War, the 1st Cavalry Division came | ||
| ashore in the first amphibious landing and fought north of the 38th | ||
| parallel, reaching Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea; the unit | ||
| took part in 549 days of continuous combat, and 11 troopers received | ||
| the Medal of Honor for their heroism; the division returned to Korea | ||
| in 1957 and helped patrol the demilitarized zone until July 1965, | ||
| when it left for Fort Benning, Georgia; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The division served as an airmobile force in | ||
| Vietnam, where it earned the Presidential Unit Citation during the | ||
| Pleiku campaign; it later helped liberate cities in the aftermath | ||
| of the Tet Offensive, and the division's skytroopers relieved the | ||
| besieged marines at Khe Sanh; during the Vietnam War, 30 more of the | ||
| division's soldiers earned the Medal of Honor; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Starting in 1971, the 1st Cavalry Division was based | ||
| at Fort Hood, and in 1990 and 1991, it took part in Operations | ||
| Desert Shield and Desert Storm, pushing some 300 kilometers into | ||
| Iraq; in 1998, the division supported peacekeeping efforts in | ||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina, and between 2003 and 2011, the unit served | ||
| multiple deployments to Iraq, where its duties included helping to | ||
| oversee national elections, assuming command of Multinational | ||
| Division Bagdad, and training Iraqi security forces; and | ||
| WHEREAS, During the war in Afghanistan, the division took | ||
| control of more than 35,000 international troops over 14 provinces | ||
| that were home to approximately 7.5 million Afghans, and it also | ||
| assisted in training Afghan security forces; since 2015, the | ||
| division has seen service in Korea and seven European countries, | ||
| training with allied forces and helping to deter aggression; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Known as America's First Team, the 1st Cavalry | ||
| Division represents some of the finest men and women in our nation's | ||
| military, and all those who have served in the unit, past and | ||
| present, may indeed take great pride in its storied history; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
| Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby commemorate the centennial | ||
| of the 1st Cavalry Division and extend to the troopers of the | ||
| division sincere best wishes for continued success in their | ||
| important work; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the 1st Cavalry Division as an expression of high | ||
| regard by the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Buckley | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 14 was adopted by the House on | ||
| September 30, 2021, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
