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1		-	H.R. No. 1924
	1	+	84R17713 JGH-D
	2	+	By: Springer H.R. No. 1924
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4	5		R E S O L U T I O N
5	6		WHEREAS, The life and sacrifice of U.S. Navy Lieutenant Wilma
6	7		Ledbetter, who died in the line of duty during the Korean War, were
7	8		honored at a ceremony at First United Methodist Church in
8	9		Chillicothe on March 14, 2015; and
9	10		WHEREAS, Born in Chillicothe on April 27, 1912, Wilma
10	11		Ledbetter attended Texas State College for Women and Central State
11	12		Teachers College in Edmond, Oklahoma, before changing her career
12	13		goal from teaching to nursing; she subsequently trained at the
13	14		Northwest Texas Hospital School of Nursing in Amarillo from 1936 to
14	15		1939; after working for a year as a nurse at the hospital, she
15	16		joined the staff at Charity Hospital in New Orleans, and during the
16	17		next two years she also continued her education at Louisiana State
17	18		University; she returned to Texas in 1942 and worked at
18	19		Brackenridge Hospital in Austin; and
19	20		WHEREAS, Answering her nation's call to duty during World War
20	21		II, Wilma Ledbetter joined the Navy Nurse Corps in July 1943, and
21	22		she served at naval hospitals in San Diego, Hawaii, and New Orleans
22	23		before being released from active duty in May 1946; the following
23	24		year, she returned to duty as a member of the Navy Reserve Nurse
24	25		Corps and was posted to Houston and then Nevada; in 1948, she was
25	26		commissioned a lieutenant in the Nurse Corps; she worked for a time
26	27		in Philadelphia, and when the Korean War broke out, she rejoined the
27	28		active Navy Nurse Corps; and
28	29		WHEREAS, On August 25, 1950, Lieutenant Ledbetter was serving
29	30		on the USS Benevolence, a naval hospital ship, when it was
30	31		accidentally rammed by a freighter in San Francisco Bay; the
31	32		Benevolence keeled over on its side and sank within 45 minutes;
32	33		plunged into the cold water of the bay, Lieutenant Ledbetter tried
33	34		to help her fellow crew members; she was the last nurse to be pulled
34	35		from the water, and the prolonged exposure tragically proved too
35	36		great; she succumbed to hypothermia, becoming one of 23 people from
36	37		the Benevolence to lose their lives; and
37	38		WHEREAS, Sixty-five years later, Lieutenant Ledbetter's
38	39		naval service was recognized in a solemn ceremony in her hometown,
39	40		sponsored by the Western Trail and Austin Colony Chapters of the
40	41		National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution;
41	42		Lieutenant Ledbetter's sister, Emily Ledbetter Shoemaker, and
42	43		other members of her family were presented with the lieutenant's
43	44		posthumous decorations, including the World War II Victory Medal,
44	45		the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic Pacific Medal, and the
45	46		Gold Star Pin; and
46	47		WHEREAS, Lieutenant Wilma Ledbetter dedicated her life to the
47	48		care of this nation's military personnel, and she kept faith with
48	49		that commitment until her very last moments; for her selfless
49	50		efforts and immeasurable sacrifice, Americans owe this outstanding
50	51		officer a debt that the passage of time can never diminish; now,
51	52		therefore, be it
52	53		RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
53	54		Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life and service of U.S. Navy
54	55		Lieutenant Wilma Ledbetter.
55		-	Springer
56		-	______________________________
57		-	Speaker of the House
58		-	I certify that H.R. No. 1924 was unanimously adopted by a
59		-	rising vote of the House on May 7, 2015.
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61		-	Chief Clerk of the House