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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, The 1st Cavalry Division of the U.S. Army celebrated |
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| 6 | 7 | | its 100th anniversary in September 2021, providing a fitting |
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| 7 | 8 | | opportunity to pay tribute to the history of this legendary |
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| 8 | 9 | | American fighting force; and |
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| 9 | 10 | | WHEREAS, The 1st Cavalry Division was established on |
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| 10 | 11 | | September 13, 1921, at Fort Bliss in El Paso; early in its history, |
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| 11 | 12 | | the soldiers of the unit patrolled the Mexican border on horseback, |
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| 12 | 13 | | but by World War II, the division was part of a modern, mechanized |
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| 13 | 14 | | army; it took part in jungle and amphibious warfare in the South |
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| 14 | 15 | | Pacific, at Los Negros Island and in the Philippines, and in |
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| 15 | 16 | | February 1945, it was the first American unit to enter Manila; the |
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| 16 | 17 | | division went on to spend five years in Japan as part of the |
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| 17 | 18 | | occupation forces; and |
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| 18 | 19 | | WHEREAS, During the Korean War, the 1st Cavalry Division came |
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| 19 | 20 | | ashore in the first amphibious landing and fought north of the 38th |
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| 20 | 21 | | parallel, reaching Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea; the unit |
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| 21 | 22 | | took part in 549 days of continuous combat, and 11 troopers received |
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| 22 | 23 | | the Medal of Honor for their heroism; the division returned to Korea |
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| 23 | 24 | | in 1957 and helped patrol the demilitarized zone until July 1965, |
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| 24 | 25 | | when it left for Fort Benning, Georgia; and |
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| 25 | 26 | | WHEREAS, The division served as an airmobile force in |
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| 26 | 27 | | Vietnam, where it earned the Presidential Unit Citation during the |
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| 27 | 28 | | Pleiku campaign; it later helped liberate cities in the aftermath |
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| 28 | 29 | | of the Tet Offensive, and the division's skytroopers relieved the |
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| 29 | 30 | | besieged marines at Khe Sanh; during the Vietnam War, 30 more of the |
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| 30 | 31 | | division's soldiers earned the Medal of Honor; and |
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| 31 | 32 | | WHEREAS, Starting in 1971, the 1st Cavalry Division was based |
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| 32 | 33 | | at Fort Hood, and in 1990 and 1991, it took part in Operations |
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| 33 | 34 | | Desert Shield and Desert Storm, pushing some 300 kilometers into |
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| 34 | 35 | | Iraq; in 1998, the division supported peacekeeping efforts in |
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| 35 | 36 | | Bosnia and Herzegovina, and between 2003 and 2011, the unit served |
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| 36 | 37 | | multiple deployments to Iraq, where its duties included helping to |
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| 37 | 38 | | oversee national elections, assuming command of Multinational |
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| 38 | 39 | | Division Bagdad, and training Iraqi security forces; and |
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| 39 | 40 | | WHEREAS, During the war in Afghanistan, the division took |
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| 40 | 41 | | control of more than 35,000 international troops over 14 provinces |
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| 41 | 42 | | that were home to approximately 7.5 million Afghans, and it also |
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| 42 | 43 | | assisted in training Afghan security forces; since 2015, the |
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| 43 | 44 | | division has seen service in Korea and seven European countries, |
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| 44 | 45 | | training with allied forces and helping to deter aggression; and |
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| 45 | 46 | | WHEREAS, Known as America's First Team, the 1st Cavalry |
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| 46 | 47 | | Division represents some of the finest men and women in our nation's |
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| 47 | 48 | | military, and all those who have served in the unit, past and |
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| 48 | 49 | | present, may indeed take great pride in its storied history; now, |
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| 49 | 50 | | therefore, be it |
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| 50 | 51 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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| 51 | 52 | | Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby commemorate the centennial |
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| 52 | 53 | | of the 1st Cavalry Division and extend to the troopers of the |
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| 53 | 54 | | division sincere best wishes for continued success in their |
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| 54 | 55 | | important work; and, be it further |
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| 55 | 56 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 56 | 57 | | prepared for the 1st Cavalry Division as an expression of high |
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| 57 | 58 | | regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |
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