H.R. No. 1655

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The winning of World War II required the dedication
	and sacrifice of millions of Americans and their families, and the
	demands of that titanic struggle fell especially heavily on the
	Trevino family of Zapata, who sent six brothers into harm's way; and
	WHEREAS, Descendants of land-grant owners in Zapata County,
	Filiberto and Luisa Cuellar Trevino were the parents of six sons and
	four daughters, and over the course of World War II, all six
	brothers served honorably in the U.S. Army, in locations around the
	world and in several different theaters of combat; and
	WHEREAS, The family's oldest son, Teodoro, joined the army in
	June 1941, before the attack on Pearl Harbor; a medic in the Medical
	Corps for four and a half years, he served first in Arkansas and
	later in India; Antonio Trevino enlisted in the army three days
	after Pearl Harbor and served for four years with the Coast
	Artillery Corps; sent to England after various postings stateside,
	he subsequently led an antiaircraft crew in France in the months
	after D-Day; and
	WHEREAS, Anselmo Trevino, Filiberto Trevino Jr., and their
	maternal uncle Manuel Cuellar were all sworn into the army on
	November 10, 1942, and reported to Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio;
	Anselmo Trevino served in Arkansas for five and a half months before
	receiving an honorable discharge for a leg injury; Filiberto
	Trevino served in England for 25 months as a member of the 1924th
	Ordnance Ammunition Company of the U.S. Army Air Corps, loading and
	unloading bombs and small arms from trucks; and
	WHEREAS, Leopoldo Trevino joined the army in June 1943 and
	served with the 586th Antiaircraft Battalion; after reporting to
	Fort Bliss in El Paso and training at Fort Bowie in Arizona, he was
	sent via Seattle to Oahu, Hawaii; in 1944, he took part in the
	invasion of Okinawa, where he and his battalion survived a typhoon
	by taking shelter in their tents and in caves formerly occupied by
	the Japanese army; and
	WHEREAS, The family's youngest son, Jose Manuel Trevino, was
	inducted at Fort Sam Houston in May 1944; the following December he
	shipped out to Germany, where he served with a machine-gun squad and
	sustained injuries from both a road accident and enemy fire; and
	WHEREAS, During the war, the Trevino brothers were often
	unable to contact their family for months at a time; their father
	spent many evenings in a local barber shop, listening for news of
	his sons' units on the radio, while Mrs. Trevino and her three
	surviving daughters, Adelina, Maria Concepcion, and Luisa, prayed
	at home for their safe return; and
	WHEREAS, By June 1946, the Trevino brothers had all been
	honorably discharged and had returned to their loving family;
	today, 70 years after the end of the war, five of the brothers have
	passed away, but Leopoldo Trevino remains to honor their memory and
	to pass the story of their heroism down to younger generations, who
	have benefited from their sacrifice; and
	WHEREAS, These esteemed Texans exemplified the best values of
	a generation that helped to preserve democracy and liberty during
	the most far-reaching conflict in world history, and their fellow
	citizens owe them a profound and lasting debt of gratitude; now,
	therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
	Legislature hereby honor Leopoldo Trevino and pay tribute to the
	memory of Teodoro Trevino, Antonio Trevino, Jose Manuel Trevino,
	Filiberto Trevino Jr., and Anselmo Trevino for their courageous
	service to this nation during World War II; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for the Trevino family as an expression of high regard by
	the Texas House of Representatives.
	King of Uvalde
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	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 1655 was adopted by the House on April
	23, 2015, by a non-record vote.
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	Chief Clerk of the House