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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, The famed Battleship Texas, which sits moored at the |
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San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site under the care of the |
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Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, is a national treasure that |
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played a prominent role in American successes in both World War I |
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and World War II; and |
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WHEREAS, The "Mighty T" was considered to be one of the most |
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powerful weapons in the world when it was commissioned on March 12, |
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1914; the ship saw action off the North African coast near Morocco, |
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at Normandy on D-Day, and at Iwo Jima and Okinawa in the Pacific |
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Theater before being decommissioned on April 21, 1948; suffering |
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only one combat casualty in its many campaigns, the Texas earned the |
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nickname the "Lucky Ship"; and |
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WHEREAS, The Battleship Texas was a harbinger of America's |
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rise as an industrialized nation on the verge of becoming a world |
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power; in 1916, it became the first U.S. battleship to mount |
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antiaircraft guns as well as the first to employ directors and |
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range-keepers to control gunfire; other firsts followed, as the |
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Texas became the first U.S. battleship to launch an airplane, in |
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1919, and the first navy ship to be fitted for commercial radar, in |
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1939; and |
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WHEREAS, A National Historic Landmark and the flagship of the |
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Texas Navy, the Battleship Texas is a living memorial to the brave |
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men who served aboard it over the course of more than three decades; |
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even in repose, it continues to play an important role in the lives |
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of Texans and other Americans, and it is crucial that we preserve |
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this vital link to our nation's past; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 84th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby respectfully urge the Congress of the United States to |
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provide federal funding for repairs to the Battleship Texas; and, |
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be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official |
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copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to |
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the president of the Senate and speaker of the House of |
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Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all members |
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of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that this |
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resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a memorial to |
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the Congress of the United States of America. |
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Peña |
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Guillen |
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Smith |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.C.R. No. 80 was adopted by the House on April |
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30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.C.R. No. 80 was adopted by the Senate on May |
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22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |