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78R18764 MMS-D

By:  Moreno of Harris                                             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.