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H.R. No. 1835
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Randall Doyle, Jr., of the U.S. Navy and Eloy
Cardenas of the U.S. Marine Corps, best friends since childhood,
have both served valiantly in the Iraqi campaign; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Doyle and Mr. Cardenas have counted each other
as a brother since they attended Cunningham Middle School in Galena
Park; they graduated in the North Shore High School class of 1999,
and within a year each had enlisted in the service; though Petty
Officer Doyle was stationed at Camp Pendleton in California and
Corporal Cardenas at Camp LeJeune in North Carolina, they remained
in touch by e-mail and cell phone; and
WHEREAS, Before the commencement of the Iraqi campaign, the
friends were both deployed to Kuwait; while bivouacked in the
desert there, Corporal Cardenas set out on foot one morning to try
to find his buddy, knowing only that he was stationed with the
Seventh Marines; miraculously, after making inquiries for an hour,
he not only located his pal but discovered that their tents were
only a three-minute walk apart; and
WHEREAS, The two men were separated again when the war began;
Corporal Cardenas, a combat engineer, moved north toward Baghdad
with his unit and saw action in firefights at Basra and at the
Tigris River; meanwhile Petty Officer Doyle, a medic, also advanced
toward the capital, primarily treating injured Iraqi citizens along
the way; once in Baghdad, the men were able to celebrate yet another
reunion; and
WHEREAS, Throughout their arduous assignment in Iraq, these
courageous soldiers have been sustained by their deep friendship
and by the love of their families back home; Corporal Cardenas is
married to his high school sweetheart, Priscilla, whom he wed in
November 2002; the men's parents are Nat and Vickie Cardenas and
Randall and Frances Doyle, who consider each other's son as their
own; and
WHEREAS, Eloy Cardenas and Randall Doyle have demonstrated a
resolute commitment to duty, honor, and their country, and
Americans everywhere owe these men an immeasurable debt of
gratitude for the burdens and sacrifice they have assumed in behalf
of all their fellow citizens; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas
Legislature hereby honor Eloy Cardenas and Randall Doyle, Jr., for
their brave and steadfast service and extend to them sincere
appreciation for their heroic efforts; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That official copies of this resolution be prepared
for these exemplary servicemen as an expression of high regard by
the Texas House of Representatives.
Moreno of Harris
Craddick Geren Mercer
Allen Giddings Merritt
Alonzo Goodman Miller
Bailey Goolsby Moreno of Harris
Baxter Griggs Moreno of El Paso
Berman Grusendorf Morrison
Bohac Guillen Mowery
Bonnen Gutierrez Naishtat
Branch Haggerty Nixon
Brown of Kaufman Hamilton Noriega
Brown of Brazos Hamric Oliveira
Burnam Hardcastle Olivo
Callegari Harper-Brown Paxton
Campbell Hartnett Pena
Canales Heflin Phillips
Capelo Hegar Pickett
Casteel Hilderbran Pitts
Castro Hill Puente
Chavez Hochberg Quintanilla
Chisum Hodge Raymond
Christian Homer Reyna
Coleman Hope Riddle
Cook of Navarro Hopson Ritter
Cook of Colorado Howard Rodriguez
Corte Hughes Rose
Crabb Hunter Seaman
Crownover Hupp Smith of Tarrant
Davis of Harris Isett Smith of Harris
Davis of Dallas Jones of Lubbock Smithee
Dawson Jones of Bexar Solis
Delisi Jones of Dallas Solomons
Denny Keel Stick
Deshotel Keffer of Dallas Swinford
Driver Keffer of Eastland Talton
Dukes King Taylor
Dunnam Kolkhorst Telford
Dutton Krusee Thompson
Edwards Kuempel Truitt
Eiland Laney Turner
Eissler Laubenberg Uresti
Elkins Lewis Van Arsdale
Ellis Luna Villarreal
Escobar Mabry West
Farabee Madden Wilson
Farrar Marchant Wise
Flores Martinez Fischer Wohlgemuth
Flynn McCall Wolens
Gallego McClendon Wong
Garza McReynolds Woolley
Gattis Menendez Zedler
______________________________
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 1835 was adopted by the House on June
1, 2003, by a non-record vote.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House