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S. C. R. No. 31 As Adopted by the Senate

As Adopted by the Senate

130th General Assembly

Regular Session

2013-2014

S. C. R. No. 31

Senators Manning, Tavares

Cosponsors: Senators LaRose, Gentile, Jordan, Turner, Cafaro, Burke, Gardner, Coley, Eklund, Skindell, Uecker, Jones, Hughes, Brown, Schiavoni, Bacon, Peterson, Beagle, Smith, Balderson, Faber, Hite, Lehner, Obhof, Oelslager, Patton, Sawyer, Schaffer, Widener

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

To recognize the outstanding service of the 65th Infantry Regiment from Puerto Rico and to urge the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to the Regiment.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING):

       WHEREAS, In 1898, the United States acquired Puerto Rico in the Treaty of Paris that ended the Spanish-American War and, by the following year, Congress had authorized raising a unit of volunteer soldiers in the newly acquired territory; and

       WHEREAS, In June 1920, the unit was designated as the "65th Infantry Regiment, United States Army," and it would serve as the United States military's last segregated unit composed of Hispanic soldiers; and

       WHEREAS, The Regiment participated in World War I, World War II, and the Korean War; and

       WHEREAS, During the Korean War, soldiers in the Regiment earned ten distinguished service crosses, two hundred fifty-six silver stars, six hundred six bronze stars, and two thousand seven hundred seventy-seven Purple Hearts; and

       WHEREAS, On April 25, 2013, H.R. 1726 was introduced in the United States House of Representatives to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Regiment; and

       WHEREAS, On June 18, 2013, S. 1174 was introduced in the United States Senate to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Regiment; and

       WHEREAS, The Congressional Gold Medal is among the highest civilian awards in the United States and is awarded to persons "who have performed an achievement that has an impact on American history and culture that is likely to be recognized as a major achievement in the recipient's field long after the achievement"; and

       WHEREAS, Veterans of the Regiment should receive recognition for selflessly giving their time, effort, and lives; and

       WHEREAS, Ohio is home to more than eleven thousand Hispanic veterans; now therefore be it

       RESOLVED, That the General Assembly recognizes the outstanding service of the 65th Infantry Regiment; and be it further

       RESOLVED, That the General Assembly urges the Ohio Congressional delegation to acknowledge the outstanding service of the 65th Infantry Regiment and to highlight the Regiment's story by supporting H.R. 1726 and S. 1174; and be it further

       RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to the members of the Ohio Congressional delegation and to the news media of Ohio.