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1	1	SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 557
2	2	WHEREAS, The winning of World War II required the
3	3	dedication and sacrifice of millions of Americans and their
4	4	families, and the demands of that titanic struggle fell
5	5	especially heavily on the Trevino family of Zapata, who sent six
6	6	brothers into harm's way; and
7	7	WHEREAS, Descendants of land-grant owners in Zapata County,
8	8	Filiberto and Luisa Cuellar Trevino were the parents of six sons
9	9	and four daughters, and over the course of World War II, all six
10	10	brothers served honorably in the United States Army, in locations
11	11	around the world and in several different theaters of combat; and
12	12	WHEREAS, The family's oldest son, Teodoro, joined the army
13	13	in June 1941, before the attack on Pearl Harbor; a medic in the
14	14	Medical Corps for four and a half years, he served first in
15	15	Arkansas and later in India; Antonio Trevino enlisted in the army
16	16	three days after Pearl Harbor and served for four years with the
17	17	Coast Artillery Corps; sent to England after various postings
18	18	stateside, he subsequently led an antiaircraft crew in France in
19	19	the months after D-Day; and
20	20	WHEREAS, Anselmo Trevino, Filiberto Trevino Jr., and their
21	21	maternal uncle Manuel Cuellar were all sworn into the army on
22	22	November 10, 1942, and reported to Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio;
23	23	Anselmo Trevino served in Arkansas for five and a half months
24	24	before receiving an honorable discharge for a leg injury; Filiberto
25	25	Trevino served in England for 25 months as a member of the 1924th
26	26	Ordnance Ammunition Company of the United States Army Air Corps,
27	27	loading and unloading bombs and small arms from trucks; and
28	28	WHEREAS, Leopoldo Trevino joined the army in June 1943 and
29	29	served with the 586th Antiaircraft Battalion; after reporting to
30	30	Fort Bliss in El Paso and training at Fort Bowie in Arizona, he
31	31	was sent via Seattle to Oahu, Hawaii; in 1944, he took part in the
32	32	invasion of Okinawa, where he and his battalion survived a
33	33	typhoon by taking shelter in their tents and in caves formerly
34	34	occupied by the Japanese army; and
35	35	WHEREAS, The family's youngest son, Jose Manuel Trevino,
36	36	was inducted at Fort Sam Houston in May 1944; the following
37	37	December he shipped out to Germany, where he served with a
38	38	machine-gun squad and sustained injuries from both a road
39	39	accident and enemy fire; and
40	40	WHEREAS, During the war, the Trevino brothers were often
41	41	unable to contact their family for months at a time; their father
42	42	spent many evenings in a local barber shop, listening for news of
43	43	his sons' units on the radio, while Mrs. Trevino and her three
44	44	surviving daughters, Adelina, Maria Concepcion, and Luisa,
45	45	prayed at home for their safe return; and
46	46	WHEREAS, By June 1946, the Trevino brothers had all been
47	47	honorably discharged and had returned to their loving family;
48	48	today, 70 years after the end of the war, five of the brothers
49	49	have passed away, but Leopoldo Trevino remains to honor their
50	50	memory and to pass the story of their heroism down to younger
51	51	generations, who have benefited from their sacrifice; and
52	52	WHEREAS, These esteemed Texans exemplified the best values
53	53	of a generation that helped to preserve democracy and liberty
54	54	during the most far-reaching conflict in world history, and their
55	55	fellow citizens owe them a profound and lasting debt of
56	56	gratitude; now, therefore, be it
57	57	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th
58	58	Legislature, hereby honor Leopoldo Trevino and pay tribute to the
59	59	memory of Teodoro Trevino, Antonio Trevino, Jose Manuel Trevino,
60	60	Filiberto Trevino Jr., and Anselmo Trevino for their courageous
61	61	service to this nation during World War II; and, be it further
62	62	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be
63	63	prepared for the Trevino family as an expression of high regard
64	64	from the Texas Senate.
65	65	Zaffirini
66	66	________________________________
67	67	President of the Senate
68	68	I hereby certify that the
69	69	above Resolution was adopted by
70	70	the Senate on April 14, 2015.
71	71	________________________________
72	72	Secretary of the Senate
73	73	________________________________
74	74	Member, Texas Senate