PRINTER'S NO. 3233
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2375
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY GROVE, KINSEY, STAATS, KAUFFMAN, JAMES, GILLEN,
HADDOCK, STRUZZI, DELLOSO, MOUL AND JOZWIAK, JUNE 4, 2024
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 4, 2024
AN ACT
Designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 54167, carrying
U.S. Route 30 over Paradise Creek between Paradise Township
and Jackson Township, York County, as the Private Edward J.
Stambaugh Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Private Edward J. Stambaugh Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Edward John Stambaugh was born February 24, 1923, in
York.
(2) Private Stambaugh was a member of the Holtzschwamm
Lutheran Church in Thomasville and participated in Sunday
school and the church orchestra.
(3) Private Stambaugh enlisted in the United States Army
on September 8, 1942, and completed basic training at Fort
McClellan in Alabama and Fort Riley in Kansas.
(4) After completing basic training, Private Stambaugh
was assigned to M Company, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th
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Infantry Division at Fort Meade, Maryland, and then deployed
overseas on December 5, 1943, and was stationed in Weymouth,
England.
(5) On June 5, 1944, Private Stambaugh was transported
on the USS Charles Carroll for the D-Day invasion and his
company was to land in the eighth wave of the Normandy
invasion, approximately 57 minutes after the first wave.
(6) On the morning of June 6, 1944, the six Higgins
boats of M Company landed on Omaha Beach, which was still
under heavy fire from previous waves on the beach.
(7) M Company landed some 1,400 yards to the east of
their assigned landing area at the beach section designated
East Red and in the 1st Infantry Division's area.
(8) All six boats reached the beach at approximately the
same time, with Private Stambaugh and the rest of M Company
quickly exiting the boats taking cover behind beach obstacles
at the edge of the surf.
(9) While exiting, Boat Team Six was now separated from
the rest of M Company and joined a small group of the 116th
Regiment and began operations against a nearby German
position, killing and capturing the German defenders,
allowing more troops to exit the beach and for engineers to
fill the anti-tank ditch and to mark minefields.
(10) On June 7, 1944, M Company drove west to clear the
remaining German resistance where they encountered heavy
artillery fire as they neared Vierville-sur-Mer, France.
(11) On the evening of June 12, 1944, after achieving
most of its objectives, M Company crossed the Elle River
under light resistance taking the towns of Saint-Clair-sur-
l'Elle and Couvains, France.
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(12) On June 16, 1944, M Company moved towards Saint-Lô,
France, and their advance was met with heavy enemy fire,
resulting in casualties.
(13) It was on this day that Private Stambaugh was
killed by artillery fire, near the village of Couvains,
France.
(14) The morning report of M Company on June 16, 1944,
listed Private Stambaugh as killed in action.
(15) For his bravery, Private Stambaugh was posthumously
awarded a Purple Heart medal and was buried on June 23, 1944,
at the La Cambe Cemetery located approximately 6.5 miles west
of Omaha Beach and approximately 13 miles north of where
Private Stambaugh was killed.
(16) On January 20, 1948, Private Stambaugh's remains,
at the request of family, were returned to the United States,
and on February 19, 1948, his remains were buried at the
Paradise Holtzschwamm Lutheran Church Cemetery in
Thomasville.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key
54167, carrying U.S. Route 30 over Paradise Creek between
Paradise Township and Jackson Township, York County, is
designated the Private Edward J. Stambaugh Memorial Bridge.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to
traffic in both directions on the bridge.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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