Bill Text: TX HR1655 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring the military service of the Trevino brothers of Zapata during World War II.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-04-28 - Reported enrolled [HR1655 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR1655-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1655 |
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WHEREAS, The winning of World War II required the dedication | ||
and sacrifice of millions of Americans and their families, and the | ||
demands of that titanic struggle fell especially heavily on the | ||
Trevino family of Zapata, who sent six brothers into harm's way; and | ||
WHEREAS, Descendants of land-grant owners in Zapata County, | ||
Filiberto and Luisa Cuellar Trevino were the parents of six sons and | ||
four daughters, and over the course of World War II, all six | ||
brothers served honorably in the U.S. Army, in locations around the | ||
world and in several different theaters of combat; and | ||
WHEREAS, The family's oldest son, Teodoro, joined the army in | ||
June 1941, before the attack on Pearl Harbor; a medic in the Medical | ||
Corps for four and a half years, he served first in Arkansas and | ||
later in India; Antonio Trevino enlisted in the army three days | ||
after Pearl Harbor and served for four years with the Coast | ||
Artillery Corps; sent to England after various postings stateside, | ||
he subsequently led an antiaircraft crew in France in the months | ||
after D-Day; and | ||
WHEREAS, Anselmo Trevino, Filiberto Trevino Jr., and their | ||
maternal uncle Manuel Cuellar were all sworn into the army on | ||
November 10, 1942, and reported to Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio; | ||
Anselmo Trevino served in Arkansas for five and a half months before | ||
receiving an honorable discharge for a leg injury; Filiberto | ||
Trevino served in England for 25 months as a member of the 1924th | ||
Ordnance Ammunition Company of the U.S. Army Air Corps, loading and | ||
unloading bombs and small arms from trucks; and | ||
WHEREAS, Leopoldo Trevino joined the army in June 1943 and | ||
served with the 586th Antiaircraft Battalion; after reporting to | ||
Fort Bliss in El Paso and training at Fort Bowie in Arizona, he was | ||
sent via Seattle to Oahu, Hawaii; in 1944, he took part in the | ||
invasion of Okinawa, where he and his battalion survived a typhoon | ||
by taking shelter in their tents and in caves formerly occupied by | ||
the Japanese army; and | ||
WHEREAS, The family's youngest son, Jose Manuel Trevino, was | ||
inducted at Fort Sam Houston in May 1944; the following December he | ||
shipped out to Germany, where he served with a machine-gun squad and | ||
sustained injuries from both a road accident and enemy fire; and | ||
WHEREAS, During the war, the Trevino brothers were often | ||
unable to contact their family for months at a time; their father | ||
spent many evenings in a local barber shop, listening for news of | ||
his sons' units on the radio, while Mrs. Trevino and her three | ||
surviving daughters, Adelina, Maria Concepcion, and Luisa, prayed | ||
at home for their safe return; and | ||
WHEREAS, By June 1946, the Trevino brothers had all been | ||
honorably discharged and had returned to their loving family; | ||
today, 70 years after the end of the war, five of the brothers have | ||
passed away, but Leopoldo Trevino remains to honor their memory and | ||
to pass the story of their heroism down to younger generations, who | ||
have benefited from their sacrifice; and | ||
WHEREAS, These esteemed Texans exemplified the best values of | ||
a generation that helped to preserve democracy and liberty during | ||
the most far-reaching conflict in world history, and their fellow | ||
citizens owe them a profound and lasting debt of gratitude; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby honor Leopoldo Trevino and pay tribute to the | ||
memory of Teodoro Trevino, Antonio Trevino, Jose Manuel Trevino, | ||
Filiberto Trevino Jr., and Anselmo Trevino for their courageous | ||
service to this nation during World War II; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the Trevino family as an expression of high regard by | ||
the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
King of Uvalde | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1655 was adopted by the House on April | ||
23, 2015, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||