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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Colonel Truong Nhu Phung is being honored for his |
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significant accomplishments on the occasion of Vietnamese American |
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Day at the State Capitol on April 25, 2019; and |
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WHEREAS, Texas is home to more than 210,000 Vietnamese |
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Americans, and these individuals play an important role in numerous |
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fields of endeavor, including medicine, law, public and military |
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service, scientific research, and the arts; Colonel Truong Nhu |
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Phung serves as an outstanding example of the exceptional |
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leadership and initiative that has been demonstrated by so many |
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members of this community; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Thua Thien, Vietnam, in January 1934, Truong |
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Nhu Phung enlisted in the South Vietnamese Army in 1952; he rose |
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through the ranks, becoming commander of Nha Trang Cadet Training |
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Center in 1963; moreover, he became captain regiment chief of the |
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junior high school student course and head of the police department |
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of Nha Trang Khanh Hoa in 1971; in 1967, he was promoted to |
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lieutenant colonel, and he was commander of Hoa Cam LRC until April |
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1975; he has been active in his community in Houston, and as |
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president of the Vietnamese Veterans Association, he organized a |
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protest against the current Vietnamese government's record on |
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freedom and human rights; kind and caring, he organizes burials for |
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veterans with no living relatives; and |
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WHEREAS, Colonel Truong Nhu Phung has distinguished himself |
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through his exemplary achievements and the valuable support he has |
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provided to his fellow Vietnamese Americans in the Lone Star State, |
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and he is indeed deserving of special recognition; now, therefore, |
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be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby commend Colonel Truong Nhu Phung on the occasion |
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of Vietnamese American Day at the State Capitol and extend to him |
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sincere 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 Colonel Truong Nhu Phung as an expression of high |
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regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1497 was adopted by the House on May |
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10, 2019, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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