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                                                                  H.R. No. 723



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The citizens of Fort Worth are fortunate indeed to 
welcome members of the Tuskegee Airmen to their city in March and 
April of this year, and the event provides an opportunity to reflect 
on this elite military brotherhood's singular stature in American 
history; and
	WHEREAS, Formed in 1941, the Tuskegee Airmen were the first 
African Americans to be trained as U.S. military pilots, and almost 
a thousand young men graduated from the program by the end of World 
War II; and
	WHEREAS, In dedicating themselves to the service of a country 
in which they still routinely suffered the injuries of personal and 
institutional bigotry, the Tuskegee Airmen not only embodied 
courage and daring but also represented an important first step in 
our nation's struggle toward the ideals of equality and racial 
justice; and
	WHEREAS, Among the members of this remarkable group are Lee 
Archer, Roscoe Brown, Bob Ashby, Claude E. Platte, Lloyd McKeethen, 
Bill Wheeler, Victor Terrelonge, Bill Hollomen, Bill Ellis, Leo 
Gray, Alex Jefferson, Dick Macon, John Learh, James Sheppard, and 
Howard Baugh, as well as Tess Spooner, the first vice president of 
Tuskegee Airmen, Inc., and bomber pilot Herb Heilbrum; and
	WHEREAS, Throughout history, the actions of a select few have 
resonated far beyond their immediate circumstances to empower and 
inspire the generations that follow in their wake, and the members 
of the Tuskegee Airmen are indisputably among these few; now, 
therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas 
Legislature hereby welcome members of the Tuskegee Airmen to Texas 
and extend to them sincere best wishes for an enjoyable stay in the 
Lone Star State.

                                                                          Veasey

                                                  ______________________________
                                                       Speaker of the House     

	I certify that H.R. No. 723 was adopted by the House on March 
31, 2005, by a non-record vote.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House