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| 7 | 7 | | LLS NO. R22-0875.01 Ashley Athey x2291 |
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| 8 | 8 | | HJR22-1019 |
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| 9 | 9 | | House Committees Senate Committees |
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| 10 | 10 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 22-1019 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ONCERNING THE DESIGNATION OF A PORTION OF COLORADO STATE101 |
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| 14 | 14 | | IGHWAY 85 AS THE "PVT. JOE P. MARTINEZ MEMORIAL102 |
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| 16 | 16 | | IGHWAY".103 |
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| 17 | 17 | | WHEREAS, Joseph "Joe" P. Martinez was born in Taos, New1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Mexico, in 1920 to Jose Manuel Martinez and Maria Eduvigen Romo;2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | and3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | WHEREAS, In 1927, when Joe was 7 years old, his parents moved4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | the family to Ault, Colorado; and5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | WHEREAS, Joe Martinez was drafted into the United States Army6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | in 1942 at the age of 22, and he shipped off to Camp Roberts in7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | California for basic training; and8 |
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| 32 | | - | Van Beber and Holtorf, Amabile, Bacon, Baisley, Benavidez, Bernett, Bird, Bockenfeld, |
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| 33 | | - | Boesenecker, Bradfield, Caraveo, Carver, Catlin, Cutter, Daugherty, Duran, Esgar, Exum, |
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| 34 | | - | Froelich, Garnett, Geitner, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Gray, Hanks, Herod, Hooton, Jodeh, |
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| 35 | | - | Kennedy, Kipp, Larson, Lindsay, Lontine, Luck, Lynch, McCluskie, McCormick, McKean, |
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| 36 | | - | McLachlan, Michaelson Jenet, Mullica, Neville, Ortiz, Pico, Ransom, Rich, Ricks, Roberts, |
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| 37 | | - | Sandridge, Sirota, Snyder, Soper, Sullivan, Tipper, Titone, Valdez A., Valdez D., Van |
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| 38 | | - | Winkle, Weissman, Will, Williams, Woodrow, Woog, Young |
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| 26 | + | Van Beber and Holtorf, |
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| 40 | | - | Sonnenberg and Cooke, Bridges, Buckner, Coleman, Coram, Danielson, Donovan, |
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| 41 | | - | Fenberg, Fields, Gardner, Ginal, Gonzales, Hansen, Hinrichsen, Hisey, Holbert, Jaquez |
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| 42 | | - | Lewis, Kirkmeyer, Kolker, Lee, Liston, Lundeen, Moreno, Pettersen, Priola, Rankin, |
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| 43 | | - | Rodriguez, Scott, Simpson, Smallwood, Story, Winter, Woodward, Zenzinger |
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| 28 | + | Sonnenberg and Cooke, |
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| 44 | 29 | | Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment. |
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| 45 | 30 | | Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing statute. |
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| 46 | 31 | | Dashes through the words indicate deletions from existing statute. WHEREAS, Upon completing his training, Pvt. Martinez was1 |
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| 47 | 32 | | assigned to Company K, 32nd Infantry, 7th Infantry Division. The 7th2 |
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| 48 | 33 | | Infantry Division was part of the force that landed at Attu in the Aleutian3 |
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| 49 | 34 | | Islands of Alaska; and4 |
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| 50 | 35 | | WHEREAS, The Japanese invaded the Aleutian Islands in June5 |
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| 51 | 36 | | 1942, the first time American soil had been invaded by a foreign power6 |
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| 52 | 37 | | since the War of 1812, and held a key defensive position in the7 |
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| 53 | 38 | | snow-covered mountains between East Arm Holtz Bay and Chichagof8 |
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| 54 | 39 | | Harbor; and9 |
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| 55 | 40 | | WHEREAS, On May 26, 1943, after repeated efforts to drive the10 |
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| 56 | 41 | | enemy back, troop dispositions were readjusted, and a trial coordinated11 |
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| 57 | 42 | | attack by a reinforced battalion was launched; and12 |
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| 58 | 43 | | WHEREAS, In the face of severe hostile machine gun, rifle, and13 |
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| 59 | 44 | | mortar fire, Pvt. Martinez, an automatic rifleman, rose to his feet and14 |
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| 60 | 45 | | resumed his advance, occasionally stopping to urge his comrades on; and15 |
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| 61 | 46 | | WHEREAS, After a most difficult climb, Pvt. Martinez eliminated16 |
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| 62 | 47 | | resistance from part of the enemy position by Browning Automatic Rifle17 |
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| 63 | 48 | | Fire (BAR) fire and hand grenades, but this success only partially18 |
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| 64 | 49 | | completed the action; and19 |
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| 65 | 50 | | WHEREAS, The main Holtz-Chichagof Pass rose about 150 feet20 |
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| 66 | 51 | | higher, flanked by steep rocky ridges, and passage was barred by enemy21 |
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| 67 | 52 | | fire from either flank and from tiers of snow trenches in front; and22 |
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| 68 | 53 | | WHEREAS, Despite these obstacles, and knowing of their23 |
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| 69 | 54 | | existence, Pvt. Martinez again led the troops on and up, personally24 |
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| 70 | 55 | | silencing several trenches with BAR fire and ultimately reaching the pass25 |
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| 71 | 56 | | itself; and26 |
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| 72 | 57 | | WHEREAS, Just below the rim of the pass, Pvt. Martinez27 |
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| 73 | 58 | | encountered a final enemy-occupied trench and, as he engaged in firing28 |
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| 74 | 59 | | into it, he was mortally wounded; and29 |
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| 75 | 60 | | WHEREAS, The pass, however, was taken, and its capture was a30 |
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| 76 | 61 | | key victory in defeating and driving the Japanese from United States soil;31 |
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| 77 | 62 | | and32 |
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| 78 | 63 | | WHEREAS, Pvt. Joe Martinez was posthumously awarded the33 |
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| 80 | 65 | | -2- Medal of Honor, the first Hispanic American to have received that award;1 |
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| 81 | 66 | | now, therefore,2 |
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| 82 | 67 | | Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Seventy-third3 |
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| 83 | 68 | | General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the Senate concurring herein:4 |
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| 84 | 69 | | (1) That the portion of Colorado State Highway 85 from the5 |
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| 85 | 70 | | intersection of Colorado State Highway 85 and 1st Street in Ault to the6 |
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| 86 | 71 | | intersection of Colorado State Highway 85 and E Main Avenue in Pierce7 |
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| 87 | 72 | | be designated as the "Pvt. Joe P. Martinez Memorial Highway".8 |
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| 88 | 73 | | (2) That the Colorado Department of Transportation may accept9 |
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| 89 | 74 | | and expend gifts, grants, and donations for the purposes of the initial10 |
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| 90 | 75 | | placement of signs to mark Colorado State Highway 85 from the11 |
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| 91 | 76 | | intersection of Colorado State Highway 85 and 1st Street in Ault to the12 |
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| 92 | 77 | | intersection of Colorado State Highway 85 and E Main Avenue in Pierce13 |
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| 93 | 78 | | as the "Pvt. Joe P. Martinez Memorial Highway".14 |
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| 94 | 79 | | (3) That the Colorado Department of Transportation may explore15 |
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| 95 | 80 | | a cooperative agreement with the Board of County Commissioners for16 |
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| 96 | 81 | | Weld County for the maintenance of the signs marking the "Pvt. Joe P.17 |
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| 97 | 82 | | Martinez Memorial Highway".18 |
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| 98 | 83 | | Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint Resolution be sent19 |
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| 99 | 84 | | to members of Pvt. Joe Martinez's family: Christopher Martinez, Julia20 |
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| 100 | 85 | | Patterson, Frances Salmeron, Susan Gonzales, Mary Taylor, and Gary and21 |
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| 101 | 86 | | Vicki Vigil.22 |
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