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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 494
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to pay |
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tribute to retired Lieutenant General James Francis |
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Hollingsworth, an American patriot, a highly decorated and |
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respected military leader, and one of this state's most |
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distinguished citizens, who is celebrating his 91st birthday on |
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March 24, 2009; and |
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WHEREAS, James Francis Hollingsworth was born in 1918 near |
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Sanger, Texas; after graduating from Texas A&M University in |
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1940, he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the United |
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States Army; he participated in seven major campaigns during |
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World War II extending from North Africa to the occupation of |
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Berlin in 1945 and successively commanded a platoon, a company, a |
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battalion, and a regimental armored task force; and |
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WHEREAS, He held various posts after his World War II |
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service, including commander of the School Troops Regiment and |
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chief of combined arms instruction for the cavalry school at Fort |
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Riley, Kansas, and later as chief of combined arms instruction at |
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the United States Military Academy at West Point; and |
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WHEREAS, He served as commanding officer of a special |
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troops regiment of the United States Constabulary in Germany, as |
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a member of the Department of the Army staff, and as chief of the |
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Army element of the United States military assistance advisory |
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group in Pakistan, and he was designated deputy assistant |
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secretary of defense in 1962; and |
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WHEREAS, He joined the 1st Infantry Division in Vietnam in |
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1966 as assistant division commander; after assignments as |
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deputy commanding general and commanding general in Maryland and |
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South Carolina, he became commanding general of the United States |
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Army, Alaska, in 1970, and he returned to Vietnam in 1971 and |
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became commanding general of the III Military Region, United |
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States Military Assistance Command; and |
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WHEREAS, General Hollingsworth served in Korea from July, |
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1973, to February, 1976, and led the largest field army command |
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in the world, consisting of 13 divisions and 185,000 troops from |
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the Republic of Korea and the United States; and |
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WHEREAS, During 36 years of honorable and meritorious |
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service to his country, he earned numerous medals and citations, |
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including three Distinguished Service Crosses, four |
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Distinguished Service Medals, four Silver Star Medals, three |
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Legion of Merit Medals, three Distinguished Flying Crosses, the |
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Soldier's Medal, four Bronze Star Medals and the Valor Device, |
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and 37 Air Medals and the Valor Device, the Army Commendation |
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Medal, and six Purple Heart Medals; and |
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WHEREAS, General Hollingsworth retired in 1976 and founded |
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a consulting business; over the years, he has remained loyal to |
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his alma mater, serving on many advisory boards and committees |
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and endowing several scholarships at Texas A&M University; in |
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1999, the university dedicated a life-sized bronze statue of him; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, A great patriot, a superb soldier, a successful |
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businessman, and a generous philanthropist, General James F. |
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Hollingsworth is a revered resident of San Antonio; he is an |
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exemplary role model not just for those who serve in the military |
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but to all Texans, indeed, to all Americans; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 81st |
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Legislature, hereby recognize retired Lieutenant General James |
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Francis Hollingsworth as a treasured citizen of this state and |
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join his family and friends in extending to him best wishes on the |
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occasion of his 91st birthday; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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General James F. Hollingsworth as an expression of highest regard |
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from the Texas Senate. |
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Wentworth |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on March 20, 2009. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |