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Regular Session, 2013 ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 74
BY SENATORS ADLEY, ALARIO, ALLAIN, AMEDEE, APPEL, BROOME, BROWN,
BUFFINGTON, CHABERT, CLAI TOR, CORTEZ, CROWE,
DONAHUE, DORSEY-COLOMB, ERDEY, GALLOT, GUILLORY,
HEITMEIER, JOHNS, KOSTELKA, LAFLEUR, LONG, MARTINY,
MILLS, MORRELL, MORRISH , MURRAY, NEVERS, PEACOCK,
PERRY, PETERSON, RISER, GARY SMITH, JOHN SMITH,
TARVER, THOMPSON, WALSWORTH, WARD AND WHI TE
A RESOLUTION
To express the sincere condolences of the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana to the
family of United States Army Lieutenant Colonel Don C. Faith Jr. upon the
repatriation of his remains from an unmarked grave in enemy territory, his long
journey home and his burial with full military honors befitting a recipient of the
Medal of Honor in Arlington National Cemetery on April 17, 2013.
WHEREAS, Lt. Col. Faith was a native of Washington, Indiana, and came from a
family with many ties to the military; and
WHEREAS, because he was found medically unfit to attend the U.S. Military
Academy at West Point, Lt. Col. Faith attended Georgetown University in June, 1941, and
joined the Army soon afterward; and
WHEREAS, Lt. Col. Faith participated in five combat parachute assaults, including
four while assigned to the legendary 82
nd
Airborne Division and he remained with the All-
American unit for the rest of World War II; and
WHEREAS, Lt. Col. Faith was awarded several decorations for combat valor,
including four stars on his jump wings, the first award of the Combat Infantryman Badge,
the Bronze Arrowhead for his airborne assaults, the French Croix de Guerre, and was
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel at age 27; and
WHEREAS, Lt. Col. Faith remained in the Army after WWII and was assigned to
the 7
th
Infantry Division in Japan as a battalion commander, but the outbreak of the Korean
War in the summer of 1950 sent him and the division to the Korean Peninsula; and SR NO. 74 ENROLLED
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WHEREAS, in November, 1950, Lt. Col. Faith, Battalion Commander, 1
st
Battalion
32
nd
Infantry, and his men found themselves trapped on the shore of the Chosin Reservoir,
vastly outnumbered as wave after wave of Chinese communist forces overran their position,
and he was eventually forced to take command of the task force as a result of his superiors
being killed; and
WHEREAS, Lt. Col. Faith gallantly led his men in a breakout maneuver until he was
mortally wounded himself and was placed in a truck for evacuation South to friendly lines,
but the truck was badly shot up en route and abandoned and Lt. Col. Faith's body was left
behind; and
WHEREAS, Lt. Col. Faith's remains were recovered and identified almost sixty-two
years later; and
WHEREAS, his daughter, Barbara "Bobbie" Faith Bennett Broyles, a long-time
resident of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was only four years old when her father died, and she
is very grateful that his story is being told and that now he rests in peace with other heroes
interred in our nation's holiest shrine, Arlington National Cemetery; and
WHEREAS, Lt. Col. Faith's award and decorations include the Medal of Honor, the
Silver Star with oak leaf cluster, the Bronze Star with two oak leaf clusters, the Purple Heart
with oak leaf cluster, the World War II Victory Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United
Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the
Korean War Service Medal, the Combat Parachutist Badge with silver star, indicating five
combat jumps, the Bronze Arrowhead Device for participation in airborne assaults, and the
Combat Infantrym an Badge with star, indicating award in two wars, and the French Croix
de Guerre, and the USSR Order of the Red Star.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby extend its deepest and most respectful condolences to the family of United
States Army Lieutenant Colonel Don C. Faith Jr. upon the repatriation of his remains from
an unmarked grave in enemy territory to his burial over six decades later with full military
honors.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana does
hereby recognize the gallant and fearless services he rendered in two wars and for his SR NO. 74 ENROLLED
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ultimate sacrifice in combat.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to Ms.
Barbara "Bobbie" Faith Bennett Broyles.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE