South Carolina General Assembly
114th Session, 2001-2002

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Bill 5141

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Bill Number:                      5141
Type of Legislation:              Concurrent Resolution CR
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20020417
Primary Sponsor:                  Neilson
All Sponsors:                     Neilson
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\dka\4842mm02.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Invitations and Memorial Resolutions 
                                  Committee 24 HIMR
Subject:                          Farrow, William G. "Billy", to 
                                  urge S.C. congressional delegation to award 
                                  Mr. Farrow the Congressional Medal of Honor


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   20020417  Introduced, referred to Committee      24 HIMR


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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

TO URGE THE SOUTH CAROLINA CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION, AND SPECIFICALLY THE HONORABLE JOHN SPRATT, TO AWARD WILLIAM G. "BILLY" FARROW THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR FOR HIS VALOR EXHIBITED IN LAYING DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY DURING DOOLITTLE'S RAID ON TOKYO, APRIL 18, 1942.

Whereas, the members of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina request that William G. "Billy" Farrow be given a posthumous Congressional Medal of Honor for his courage during the raid on Tokyo, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle, in 1942; and

Whereas, Billy Farrow was a pilot from Darlington, South Carolina, who was captured after Doolittle's raid and executed by the Japanese at the age of twenty-four; and

Whereas, he graduated from St. Johns' High School in 1936 and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery; and

Whereas, Billy Farrow, like the rest of Doolittle's Raiders, exhibited courage when he volunteered for the mission that left from the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet; and

Whereas, the raid was the first retaliatory strike at the Japanese after their attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and it sent a psychological shock to the Japanese, who smugly sat in false confidence that their country was safe from bombing; and

Whereas, Lieutenant Farrow piloted one of the sixteen B-25 bombers that flew in the raid and was one of eight flyers captured after their planes crash landed. Lieutenant Farrow, Lieutenant Dean Hallmark, and Sergeant Harold Spatz were executed by a firing squad in October, 1942; and

Whereas, the General Assembly requests that William G. "Billy" Farrow be given a posthumous Congressional Medal of Honor for his unending bravery. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

That the members of the General Assembly urge the South Carolina Congressional Delegation, and specifically the Honorable John Spratt, to award William G. "Billy" Farrow the Medal of Honor for his valor exhibited in laying down his life for his country during Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, April 18, 1942.

Be it further resolved that copies of this resolution be forwarded to each member of the South Carolina Congressional Delegation.

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