[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 330 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 330

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary 
  of the Navy should name an appropriate Navy ship in honor of Marine 
       Corps General Clifton B. Cates of Tiptonville, Tennessee.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 2, 2009

   Mr. Tanner (for himself, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Davis of Tennessee, Mrs. 
 Blackburn, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Gordon of 
Tennessee, and Mr. Wamp) submitted the following resolution; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary 
  of the Navy should name an appropriate Navy ship in honor of Marine 
       Corps General Clifton B. Cates of Tiptonville, Tennessee.

Whereas Clifton B. Cates of Tiptonville, Tennessee served as a United States 
        Marine during World Wars I and II and the Korean War;
Whereas Clifton B. Cates entered the Marine Corps as a Second Lieutenant in 1917 
        at the beginning of World War I, during which he fought in the crucial 
        Second Battle of the Marne;
Whereas during that fight, then-Lieutenant Cates was wounded and gassed but 
        refused to be evacuated;
Whereas Clifton B. Cates was the most decorated Marine Corps Officer of World 
        War I, having been awarded the Navy Cross, Army Distinguished Service 
        Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster, Silver Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, 
        Purple Heart Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Legion of Honor, and the 
        Croix de Guerre with Gilt Star and 2 palms;
Whereas during World War II, Clifton B. Cates led Marines at Guadalcanal, and 
        the seizure of Iwo Jima, and in recognition of his service was awarded 
        the Legion of Merit with Combat ``V'' and the Distinguished Service 
        Medal with a gold star;
Whereas Clifton B. Cates was one of the few officers of any branch of the United 
        States Armed Forces to command, under fire, a platoon, a company, a 
        battalion, a regiment, and a division;
Whereas Clifton B. Cates was advanced to the rank of General in 1948 and was 
        named the 19th Commandant of the United States Marine Corps;
Whereas Clifton B. Cates served his country as a United States Marine for 37 
        years through 3 wars; and
Whereas members of the Clifton Cates Memorial Fund led by retired Colonel Otto 
        Melsa and Ed Youngblood have worked tirelessly to bring recognition to 
        the significant accomplishments of General Clifton B. Cates: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the Secretary of the Navy should name an appropriate Navy ship in honor 
of Marine Corps General Clifton B. Cates of Tiptonville, Tennessee.
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