Bill Text: TX SCR27 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Paying tribute to Bennie G. Adkins on the occasion of the 2019 Medal of Honor Host City Weekend in Gainesville.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2019-04-25 - Laid on the table subject to call [SCR27 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SCR27-Introduced.html
| 86R15336 BPG-D | ||
| By: Fallon | S.C.R. No. 27 | |
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| WHEREAS, The valiant military service of Bennie G. Adkins is | ||
| being saluted as part of the 2019 Medal of Honor Host City Weekend | ||
| in Gainesville; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Established in 2001, Gainesville's Medal of Honor | ||
| Host City Program acknowledges the heroism and sacrifice of | ||
| individuals who have earned the Medal of Honor, the nation's | ||
| highest military award for valor; each year, local citizens join | ||
| together to fund travel costs and other expenses to bring medal | ||
| recipients to the city for a special series of events; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Bennie Adkins served the U.S. Army during the | ||
| Vietnam War in the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special | ||
| Forces, and attained the rank of sergeant first class; in March | ||
| 1966, during combat operations at Camp A Shau, he repeatedly braved | ||
| enemy fire and carried wounded comrades to the dispensary; he was | ||
| painfully wounded, and most of his crew was injured or killed, but | ||
| he continued to fight off the much larger hostile force until | ||
| ordered to evacuate; having destroyed all signal equipment and | ||
| classified documents, he and a small group battled their way out of | ||
| the camp and evaded the Vietcong for two days before a helicopter | ||
| was able to rescue them; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Demonstrating extraordinary courage in the line of | ||
| duty, Bennie Adkins fulfilled the highest ideals of the United | ||
| States armed forces, and he has earned the lasting admiration of a | ||
| grateful nation; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 86th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby pay tribute to Bennie G. Adkins on the occasion of the 2019 | ||
| Medal of Honor Host City Weekend in Gainesville and commend him for | ||
| his exemplary service in the defense of our nation; and, be it | ||
| further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Mr. Adkins as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives and Senate. | ||
