H.R. No. 1655
R E S O L U T I O N
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
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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