Bill Text: TX HR1537 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending Major General (Ret.) John H. Bailey II on the occasion of Vietnamese American Day at the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-17 - Reported enrolled [HR1537 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR1537-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1537 |
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WHEREAS, Retired Major General John H. Bailey II is being | ||
honored for his significant accomplishments on the occasion of | ||
Vietnamese American Day at the State Capitol on April 25, 2019; and | ||
WHEREAS, Commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army | ||
in May 1967, General Bailey served his first tour of duty in Vietnam | ||
from 1967 to 1968 as a platoon leader and company commander with the | ||
101st Airborne Division; he returned to Vietnam for a second tour | ||
from 1971 to 1972, when he served as a pilot with the First Aviation | ||
Brigade, flying reconnaissance, surveillance, and | ||
search-and-destroy missions over South Vietnam, Laos, and | ||
Cambodia; and | ||
WHEREAS, General Bailey later served for 12 years in the | ||
military forces of the State of Texas, rising to commanding general | ||
of the Texas State Guard; he holds a bachelor's degree from | ||
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and a master's degree from | ||
Alcorn State University, and he is a graduate of the army's Command | ||
and General Staff College; today, he serves as board chair of the | ||
Unified Veterans of America and the National Guard Association of | ||
Texas and as a board member of the Aviation Science and Technology | ||
Department of Texas Southern University and the Adjutant General | ||
Board of Retired Executives; and | ||
WHEREAS, General Bailey is held in high regard by his fellow | ||
citizens for his professionalism and commitment to the ideals of | ||
the United States armed forces, and he may reflect with pride on his | ||
valiant service during the Vietnam War; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commend Major General (Ret.) John H. Bailey II | ||
on the occasion of Vietnamese American Day at the State Capitol and | ||
extend to him sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for General Bailey as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1537 was adopted by the House on May | ||
17, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||