84R17148 JGH-D
 
  By: King of Uvalde 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.