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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, United States Marine Corps Sergeant Jacob De la |
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Garza of Edinburg was gravely wounded in the line of duty on May 21, |
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2011, while serving his country in Afghanistan; and |
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WHEREAS, Deployed to Afghanistan with the 1st Battalion, 5th |
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Marine Division, Sergeant De la Garza was injured while on patrol |
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when a roadside bomb exploded in Sangin, a small town northwest of |
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Kandahar; he was flown to Germany and then to the Naval Medical |
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Center in San Diego for treatment; and |
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WHEREAS, Jacob De la Garza graduated from Edinburg High |
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School in 2000 and was stationed at Camp Pendleton in California; |
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before his deployment to Afghanistan, this brave young Texan |
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completed three tours of duty in Iraq; as recounted in the book We |
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Were One: Shoulder to Shoulder with the Marines Who Took Fallujah, |
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Sergeant De la Garza saved the lives of several fellow Marines when |
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they were attacked by the enemy; and |
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WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Sergeant De la Garza is |
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supported by the love of a devoted family that includes his wife, |
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Priscilla, his two children, Jayden and Brealynn, his mother, Anita |
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de Leon, his father, Robert De la Garza, and his brothers, Javier |
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and Julian De la Garza; and |
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WHEREAS, Americans owe a profound debt of gratitude to our |
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country's military personnel, for they are called on to bear great, |
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often unimaginable burdens, and they render service and sacrifice |
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that is truly beyond measure; Sergeant De la Garza embodies the |
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highest ideals of the United States armed forces, and his courage |
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under fire and his unwavering commitment to his mission and to his |
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comrades-in-arms make him truly deserving of commendation; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby honor Sergeant Jacob De la |
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Garza for his valorous service in Iraq and Afghanistan and extend to |
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him heartfelt best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Sergeant De la Garza as an expression of high regard by |
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the Texas House of Representatives. |