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H.R. No. 1367
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The United States Army III Corps, based at Fort Hood
under the command of Lieutenant General Thomas F. Metz, boasts a
proud record of exceptional service to this country; and
WHEREAS, First organized during World War I, the corps was
activated in France in May 1918; over the following six months,
before the armistice was signed in November, it won battle
streamers for its participation in five European campaigns; and
WHEREAS, During the Second World War, III Corps trained
thousands of troops for combat before deploying to Europe in
September 1944; in the ensuing months, the corps took part in most
of the critical fighting between Normandy and the German-Austrian
border, including a daring counterattack against the German salient
during the Battle of the Bulge; nicknamed the "Phantom Corps," for
hitting the enemy when and where it least expected, III Corps added
campaign streamers for Northern France, Rhineland,
Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe, took more than 225,000
prisoners, and seized more than 4,500 square miles of German
territory; and
WHEREAS, In 1954, III Corps moved from Camp Roberts,
California, to Fort Hood, Texas; throughout the 1950s, the corps
participated in a number of exercises designed to test new
doctrines, organizations, and equipment, a mission that grew in
scope over the following decades; and
WHEREAS, The period of the Cold War presented III Corps with a
succession of challenges; it trained more than 40,000 individual
replacements for duty in Vietnam and supervised the training of
more than 137 units and detachments for service in Southeast Asia;
in addition, III Corps units fought and supported operations in
Grenada, Panama, and Honduras and provided humanitarian support for
Operation Restore Hope in Somalia; and
WHEREAS, Formerly part of the U.S. Strategic Army Forces, III
Corps became part of Forces Command in 1973; its active-duty, Fort
Hood-based peacetime organization consists of more than 47,000
soldiers and is composed of the 1st Cavalry Division, 4th Infantry
Division, 13th Corps Support Command, and three separate brigades;
in peacetime, the corps also commands forces stationed at Fort
Bliss, Texas; Fort Carson, Colorado; Fort Sill, Oklahoma; and Fort
Riley, Kansas; a number of reserve units are also associated with
the corps; and
WHEREAS, Since the end of the Cold War, units of III Corps
have been heavily involved in overseas operations; the 1st Cavalry
Division, with the attached 1st "Tiger" Brigade of the 2nd Armored
Division, deployed to Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm in
October 1990; as the theater reserve, the 1st Cavalry played an
instrumental role in the famed "Left Hook" to defeat Iraqi ground
forces; and
WHEREAS, In 1998-1999, the 1st Cavalry participated in
Operation Joint Endeavor, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and from
January 2004 to April 2005, the unit deployed in support of
Operation Iraqi Freedom; during its tour in Iraq, the 1st
Cavalry--the army's premier heavy-armored division--assumed
responsibility for securing the city of Baghdad and its environs;
and
WHEREAS, The 4th Infantry Division, the army's first fully
digitized division, deployed in February 2003 with its 17,000
soldiers as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom; in December 2003,
members of the unit captured the former Iraqi dictator Saddam
Hussein; and
WHEREAS, With nearly 6,000 soldiers, the 13th Corps Support
Command shipped out to Iraq in two stages between 2002 and 2004, to
provide logistical and medical support for III Corps troops;
Headquarters III Corps also deployed to Iraq, where it assumed the
role of Multinational Corps--Iraq, the organization that directs
all tactical operations and intelligence functions in the Iraqi
theater; in January 2005, that group oversaw the Iraqi national
elections; and
WHEREAS, Sustained by their unwavering devotion to duty,
honor, and the cause of freedom, the men and women of III Corps have
forged a tradition of courageous and selfless military service and
earned their fellow citizens' deepest respect and gratitude; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas
Legislature hereby honor the members of the United States Army III
Corps and extend to them profound appreciation on behalf of all
Texans.
Miller
Craddick Geren Menendez
Allen of Harris Giddings Merritt
Allen of Dallas Gonzales Miller
Alonzo Gonzalez Toureilles Moreno of Harris
Anchia Goodman Moreno of El Paso
Anderson Goolsby Morrison
Bailey Griggs Mowery
Baxter Grusendorf Naishtat
Berman Guillen Nixon
Blake Haggerty Noriega
Bohac Hamilton Oliveira
Bonnen Hamric Olivo
Branch Hardcastle Orr
Brown of Kaufman Harper-Brown Otto
Brown of Brazos Hartnett Paxton
Burnam Hegar Pena
Callegari Herrero Phillips
Campbell Hilderbran Pickett
Casteel Hill Pitts
Castro Hochberg Puente
Chavez Hodge Quintanilla
Chisum Homer Raymond
Coleman Hope Reyna
Cook of Navarro Hopson Riddle
Cook of Colorado Howard Ritter
Corte Hughes Rodriguez
Crabb Hunter Rose
Crownover Hupp Seaman
Davis of Harris Isett Smith of Tarrant
Davis of Dallas Jackson Smith of Harris
Dawson Jones of Lubbock Smithee
Delisi Jones of Dallas Solis
Denny Keel Solomons
Deshotel Keffer of Dallas Strama
Driver Keffer of Eastland Straus
Dukes King of Parker Swinford
Dunnam King of Zavala Talton
Dutton Kolkhorst Taylor
Edwards Krusee Thompson
Eiland Kuempel Truitt
Eissler Laney Turner
Elkins Laubenberg Uresti
Escobar Leibowitz Van Arsdale
Farabee Luna Veasey
Farrar Madden Villarreal
Flores Martinez Vo
Flynn Martinez Fischer West
Frost McCall Wong
Gallego McClendon Woolley
Gattis McReynolds Zedler
______________________________
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 1367 was adopted by the House on May
11, 2005, by a non-record vote.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House