SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 116

	WHEREAS, United States military veteran Broughton Lynn Hand 
of Anahuac has earned the respect and admiration of his fellow 
citizens through his distinguished military service and his 
dedication as a civic leader; and

	WHEREAS, Born in Trinity on April 8, 1920, Mr. Hand 
graduated from Anahuac High School in 1939 and attended Marshall 
College before joining the army in 1942; he served as a 
demolition expert with the 504th regiment of the 82nd Airborne 
paratroop division and parachuted into Normandy on D-Day,
June 6, 1944; and

	WHEREAS, Captured by German forces five days after the 
Allied assault, Mr. Hand spent the remainder of the war in 
prisoner-of-war camps in Germany and Czechoslovakia; he was 
injured in a mining accident during his incarceration and was in 
a Nuremberg hospital when his camp was liberated in May of 1945; 
and

	WHEREAS, Upon his return to Anahuac, Mr. Hand began a 
courtship with a young war widow, Mary Lillian Ledet Syer, who 
became his wife on October 22, 1948; together they raised her 
daughter, Mary Phoebe, and two more children, Myra Louise and 
Lynn Davis, and they have since been blessed with seven 
grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; and

	WHEREAS, Mr. Hand's professional career included work in 
sales with Macobar Drilling Products and Trinity Valley 
Lumberyard; he also worked as a supervisor of drainage for the 
Trinity Bay Conservation District; and

	WHEREAS, A member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the 
Order of the Purple Heart, this patriotic gentleman currently 
serves as commander of the Texas Golden Triangle Chapter of 
Ex-POWs; he is a past commander of the Freeman Spath Post of the 
American Legion and the Disabled American Veterans and a former 
member of the Governor's Prisoner of War Advisory Committee; in 
addition, he served as Chambers County Veterans Service Officer 
for 13 years; and

	WHEREAS, Mr. Hand's service to his country and to his 
fellow citizens is truly inspirational, and it is indeed a 
privilege to recognize this exemplary gentleman and to pay 
tribute to his life and many accomplishments; now, therefore,
be it

	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
78th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby honor
Broughton Lynn Hand and extend to him sincere best wishes for 
continued happiness and success; and, be it further


	RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for 
Mr. Hand as an expression of high regard from the Texas Senate.
                                                                        Williams




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    President of the Senate
 
    I hereby certify that the 
above Resolution was adopted by 
the Senate on October 8, 2003.



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    Secretary of the Senate



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     Member, Texas Senate