H.R. No. 14
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The 1st Cavalry Division of the U.S. Army celebrated
its 100th anniversary in September 2021, providing a fitting
opportunity to pay tribute to the history of this legendary
American fighting force; and
WHEREAS, The 1st Cavalry Division was established on
September 13, 1921, at Fort Bliss in El Paso; early in its history,
the soldiers of the unit patrolled the Mexican border on horseback,
but by World War II, the division was part of a modern, mechanized
army; it took part in jungle and amphibious warfare in the South
Pacific, at Los Negros Island and in the Philippines, and in
February 1945, it was the first American unit to enter Manila; the
division went on to spend five years in Japan as part of the
occupation forces; and
WHEREAS, During the Korean War, the 1st Cavalry Division came
ashore in the first amphibious landing and fought north of the 38th
parallel, reaching Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea; the unit
took part in 549 days of continuous combat, and 11 troopers received
the Medal of Honor for their heroism; the division returned to Korea
in 1957 and helped patrol the demilitarized zone until July 1965,
when it left for Fort Benning, Georgia; and
WHEREAS, The division served as an airmobile force in
Vietnam, where it earned the Presidential Unit Citation during the
Pleiku campaign; it later helped liberate cities in the aftermath
of the Tet Offensive, and the division's skytroopers relieved the
besieged marines at Khe Sanh; during the Vietnam War, 30 more of the
division's soldiers earned the Medal of Honor; and
WHEREAS, Starting in 1971, the 1st Cavalry Division was based
at Fort Hood, and in 1990 and 1991, it took part in Operations
Desert Shield and Desert Storm, pushing some 300 kilometers into
Iraq; in 1998, the division supported peacekeeping efforts in
Bosnia and Herzegovina, and between 2003 and 2011, the unit served
multiple deployments to Iraq, where its duties included helping to
oversee national elections, assuming command of Multinational
Division Bagdad, and training Iraqi security forces; and
WHEREAS, During the war in Afghanistan, the division took
control of more than 35,000 international troops over 14 provinces
that were home to approximately 7.5 million Afghans, and it also
assisted in training Afghan security forces; since 2015, the
division has seen service in Korea and seven European countries,
training with allied forces and helping to deter aggression; and
WHEREAS, Known as America's First Team, the 1st Cavalry
Division represents some of the finest men and women in our nation's
military, and all those who have served in the unit, past and
present, may indeed take great pride in its storied history; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby commemorate the centennial
of the 1st Cavalry Division and extend to the troopers of the
division sincere best wishes for continued success in their
important work; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for the 1st Cavalry Division as an expression of high
regard by the Texas House of Representatives.
Buckley
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 14 was adopted by the House on
September 30, 2021, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House