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HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1484, 1787, 1801
PRINTER'S NO. 1806
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1144
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY LANGERHOLC, APRIL 5, 2024
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
JULY 2, 2024
AN ACT
Designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 8404, on that
portion of Pennsylvania Route 56 over the Stony Creek River,
City of Johnstown, Cambria County, as the PFC Dr. Alex W.
Barber Memorial Bridge.
DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 8404, ON THAT
PORTION OF PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 56 OVER THE STONY CREEK RIVER,
CITY OF JOHNSTOWN, CAMBRIA COUNTY, AS THE PFC DR. ALEX W.
BARBER MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS
BRIDGE KEY 42031, LOCATED ON THAT PORTION OF U.S. ROUTE 219
OVER PENTZ RUN ON THE BORDER OF SANDY TOWNSHIP AND THE CITY
OF DUBOIS, CLEARFIELD COUNTY, AS THE TROOPER FIRST CLASS BRAD
WILSON HONORARY BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS
BRIDGE KEY 5796, CARRYING STATE ROUTE 4001 OVER U.S. ROUTE 22
IN ALLEGHENY TOWNSHIP, BLAIR COUNTY, AS THE LCPL RALPH J.
FABBRI USMC MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A PORTION OF
PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 31 FROM THE INTERSECTION WITH FIRST STREET
TO THE INTERSECTION WITH YODER AVENUE IN THE BOROUGH OF MOUNT
PLEASANT, WESTMORELAND COUNTY, AS THE MAYOR GERALD D. LUCIA
MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE
KEY 8569, CARRYING STATE ROUTE 1021 OVER GLENDALE LAKE IN
WHITE TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, AS THE CPL REID REX ROSS 3 BN
26 MARINE REG. MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE,
IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 57664, ON PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 924
OVER THE RAILROAD, LOCATED IN GILBERTON BOROUGH, SCHUYLKILL
COUNTY, AS THE WALTER SKUBEL MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A
BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 28762, ON STATE ROUTE 3011
OVER THE MONOCACY CREEK, LOCATED IN BETHLEHEM CITY,
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, AS THE RAPHAEL RIVERA MEMORIAL BRIDGE;
DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 29525, LOCATED
ON THAT PORTION OF PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 233 OVER SHERMAN CREEK
IN TYRONE TOWNSHIP, PERRY COUNTY, AS THE LANCE CORPORAL JASON
FRYE MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS
BRIDGE KEY 52686, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 441 OVER U.S.
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ROUTE 30 IN COLUMBIA BOROUGH, LANCASTER COUNTY, AS THE MAJOR
GENERAL EDWARD C. SHANNON MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A
BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 5802, CARRYING LOGAN
BOULEVARD OVER NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD IN THE CITY OF
ALTOONA, BLAIR COUNTY, AS THE CPL PATRICK C. FARRELL AND PVT
JAMES J. FARRELL MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE,
IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 5879, CARRYING STATE ROUTE 4027
(SOUTH EAGLE VALLEY ROAD) OVER BALD EAGLE CREEK IN SNYDER
TOWNSHIP, BLAIR COUNTY, AS THE SGM CHARLES B. MILLS, SR.
MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE
KEY 18728, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 829 OVER THE JUNIATA
RIVER IN UNION TOWNSHIP, HUNTINGDON COUNTY, AS THE PFC
CHARLES SHORE GREENLAND MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A
BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 18843, CARRYING STATE ROUTE
3006 (LOGGING ROAD 31011) OVER GREAT TROUGH CREEK IN WOOD
TOWNSHIP, HUNTINGDON COUNTY, AS THE PFC WASCO (SPIDER) PAWUK
MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE
KEY 31529, CARRYING STATE ROUTE 1007 OVER THE STONYCREEK
RIVER IN STONYCREEK TOWNSHIP, SOMERSET COUNTY, AS THE
CORPORAL CARL LYNN WALKER MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A
BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 7027, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA
ROUTE 413 OVER U.S. ROUTE 1 IN MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP, BUCKS
COUNTY, AS THE LANCE CORPORAL JOHN F. MUFFLER MEMORIAL
BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A PORTION OF U.S. ROUTE 222 FROM THE
INTERCHANGE WITH U.S. ROUTE 30 IN MANHEIM TOWNSHIP TO THE
INTERCHANGE WITH INTERSTATE 76, ALSO KNOWN AS THE
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE, IN EAST COCALICO TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER
COUNTY, AS THE SENATOR NOAH W. WENGER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY;
DESIGNATING THE WESTBOUND BRIDGE CARRYING INTERSTATE 90 OVER
SIX MILE CREEK IN HARBORCREEK TOWNSHIP, ERIE COUNTY, AS THE
CPL. JARRID L. KING MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE,
IDENTIFIED BY BRIDGE KEY 31447, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE
403 OVER THE STONYCREEK RIVER IN QUEMAHONING TOWNSHIP,
SOMERSET COUNTY, AS THE CAPTAIN LEROY FREEMAN BERKEBILE
MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE
KEY 8414, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 56 OVER WALTERS AVENUE
IN RICHLAND TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, AS THE PFC WALLACE RICE
MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING THE BRIDGES, IDENTIFIED AS
SOUTHERN BELTWAY 258 AND SOUTHERN BELTWAY 259, IN CECIL
TOWNSHIP, WASHINGTON COUNTY, AS THE LANCE CORPORAL ROBERT
ALAN "BUCKY" MCPHERSON MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE,
IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 22612, LOCATED ON PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE
72 IN SWATARA TOWNSHIP, LEBANON COUNTY, OVER THE SWATARA
CREEK AS THE SENATOR DAVID J. ARNOLD, JR., MEMORIAL BRIDGE;
DESIGNATING THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 5059,
CARRYING STATE ROUTE 2021 OVER MINERAL SPRINGS CREEK IN THE
CITY OF READING, BERKS COUNTY, AS THE PFC LAWRENCE J. DEISHER
MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE
KEY 6917, CARRYING STATE ROUTE 4202 OVER PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE
611 IN DOYLESTOWN TOWNSHIP, BUCKS COUNTY, AS THE DONALD E.
PARLEE MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING THE PORTION OF STATE
ROUTE 2017, ALSO KNOWN AS LISBURN ROAD, FROM SEGMENT
90/OFFSET 300 TO SEGMENT 90/OFFSET 2200 IN LOWER ALLEN
TOWNSHIP, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, AS THE SGT. JOSUE "ROCKY" SAEZ,
JR., MEMORIAL ROAD; DESIGNATING THE PORTION OF STATE ROUTE
1016, ALSO KNOWN AS HOLME AVENUE, FROM THE INTERSECTION WITH
WINCHESTER AVENUE TO THE INTERSECTION WITH HOLME CIRCLE, IN
THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, PHILADELPHIA COUNTY, AS THE
SERGEANT TIMOTHY SIMPSON MEMORIAL ROAD; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE,
IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 8345, ON THAT PORTION OF U.S. ROUTE
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22 OVER HOWELLS RUN IN CAMBRIA TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, AS
THE MICHAEL G. TSIKALAS MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A
BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 8344, CARRYING U.S. ROUTE 22
OVER PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 160, ALSO KNOWN AS NEW GERMANY ROAD,
IN CAMBRIA TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, AS THE CHARLES J.
VIZZINI MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS
BRIDGE KEY 3795, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 251 OVER
INTERSTATE 376 IN CHIPPEWA TOWNSHIP, BEAVER COUNTY, AS THE
PRIVATE MAHLON R. EVANS MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A
BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 57032, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA
ROUTE 351 OVER THE BEAVER RIVER BETWEEN KOPPEL BOROUGH AND
NORTH SEWICKLEY TOWNSHIP, BEAVER COUNTY, AS THE SGT. SKIP
HASWELL MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE CARRYING THE
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE MAINLINE EASTBOUND OVER THE BEAVER
RIVER AT MILE MARKER 13.2 IN BEAVER COUNTY AS THE COLONEL
JOSEPH H. THOMPSON MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE
CARRYING THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE MAINLINE WESTBOUND OVER
THE BEAVER RIVER AT MILE MARKER 13.2 IN BEAVER COUNTY AS THE
COLONEL MATTHEW S. QUAY MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A
BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 68136, CARRYING STATE ROUTE
4028 OVER MILL CREEK IN HAMBURG BOROUGH, BERKS COUNTY, AS THE
SERGEANT JACKIE SELTZER MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A
BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 52786, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA
ROUTE 213 OVER THE NESHAMINY CREEK IN LOWER SOUTHAMPTON
TOWNSHIP, BUCKS COUNTY, AS THE ENSIGN SARAH MITCHELL MEMORIAL
BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 47666,
CARRYING U.S. ROUTE 219 OVER THE WEST BRANCH SUSQUEHANNA
RIVER IN SUSQUEHANNA TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, AS THE STAFF
SERGEANT PETER P. ABROMOVICH MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A
BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 48914, CARRYING GALLITZIN
ROAD, STATE ROUTE 53, OVER NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD, LOCATED
IN GALLITZIN TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, AS THE CORPORAL JAMES
R. BECK USMC MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE,
IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 52761, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE
53 OVER CLEARFIELD CREEK IN GALLITZIN TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA
COUNTY, AS THE PRIVATE PHILIP A. WATT MEMORIAL BRIDGE;
DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 8645, CARRYING
GALLERIA DRIVE (STATE ROUTE 3031) OVER U.S. ROUTE 219 IN
RICHLAND TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, AS THE PFC PAUL O. MALZI
AND PFC HARRY R. MALZI MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE,
IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 9755, CARRYING STATE ROUTE 3027 OVER
THE MOSHANNON CREEK IN RUSH TOWNSHIP, CENTRE COUNTY, AS THE
OSCEOLA MILLS WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A
BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 11380, CARRYING U.S. ROUTE
219 OVER THE WEST BRANCH SUSQUEHANNA RIVER IN BURNSIDE
BOROUGH, CLEARFIELD COUNTY, AS THE SARAH "MARIE" BLOSE
RORABAUGH MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED
AS BRIDGE KEY 11226, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 53 OVER THE
CLEARFIELD CREEK IN BIGLER TOWNSHIP, CLEARFIELD COUNTY, AS
THE SERGEANT JOHN HAROLD BRANIC MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING
A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 13685, CARRYING ARMY
HERITAGE DRIVE OVER INTERSTATE 81 IN MIDDLESEX TOWNSHIP,
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, AS THE MAJOR GENERAL HAROLD "HARRY" GREENE
MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE
KEY 56021, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 997 OVER CONODOGUINET
CREEK IN LETTERKENNY TOWNSHIP, FRANKLIN COUNTY, AS THE PVT.
CLYDE C. MCVITTY MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE,
IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 18248, CARRYING STATE ROUTE 2003
OVER DUNKARD CREEK IN MT. MORRIS, PERRY TOWNSHIP, GREENE
COUNTY, AS THE H. RONALD HOSKINSON MEMORIAL BRIDGE;
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DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 52783,
CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 913 OVER SHOUP RUN IN COALMONT
BOROUGH, HUNTINGDON COUNTY, AS THE PRIVATE SAMUEL H. THOMPSON
MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE
KEY 68411, CARRYING JACKSONVILLE ROAD (STATE ROUTE 3016) OVER
TWO LICK CREEK IN HOMER CITY, INDIANA COUNTY, AS THE STAFF
SERGEANT WILLIAM STIVISON MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A
BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 67935, CARRYING STATE ROUTE
1015 OVER THE RAYSTOWN BRANCH OF THE JUNIATA RIVER IN
ALLEGHENY TOWNSHIP, SOMERSET COUNTY, AS THE STAFF SERGEANT
WILLIAM WILL MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE,
IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 31544, CARRYING STATE ROUTE 1016
OVER THE DARK SHADE CREEK IN SHADE TOWNSHIP, SOMERSET COUNTY,
AS THE SEAMAN FIRST CLASS RAYMOND KOZIK MEMORIAL BRIDGE;
DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 31426,
CARRYING EAST CAMPUS AVENUE OVER U.S. ROUTE 219 IN CONEMAUGH
TOWNSHIP, SOMERSET COUNTY, AS THE KENNETH J. NEWCOMER
MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE
KEY 31696, CARRYING STATE ROUTE 3011 OVER THE CASSELMAN RIVER
IN BLACK TOWNSHIP, SOMERSET COUNTY, AS THE S2 EARL J. PETERS
MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE
KEY 36247, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 711 OVER LOYALHANNA
CREEK IN LIGONIER TOWNSHIP, WESTMORELAND COUNTY, AS THE STAFF
SERGEANT ALVIN P. CAREY AND PRIVATE JOHN C. EWING MEDAL OF
HONOR MEMORIAL BRIDGE; 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;
DESIGNATING A PORTION OF U.S. ROUTE 522 FROM THE INTERSECTION
WITH MAIN STREET TO THE INTERSECTION WITH TOWN HILL STREET IN
SHADE GAP BOROUGH, HUNTINGDON COUNTY, AS THE SPECIAL AGENT
TERRY R. ANDERSON MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING A PORTION OF
STATE ROUTE 2008 FROM THE INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROUTE 2009
TO THE INTERSECTION WITH PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 56 IN WEST
WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP AND EAST WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP, INDIANA
COUNTY, AS THE ROBINDALE MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING THE
INTERCHANGE OF INTERSTATE 380 WITH PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 940 IN
TOBYHANNA TOWNSHIP, MONROE COUNTY, AS THE WILLIAM F. QUINN
MEMORIAL INTERCHANGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS
BRIDGE KEY 8574, CARRYING STATE ROUTE 1021 OVER CLEARFIELD
CREEK IN WHITE TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, AS THE SERGEANT
CHARLES OWEN JENKINS, JR., MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A
BRIDGE, CARRYING THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE 576 SOUTHERN
BELTWAY EASTBOUND AND WESTBOUND OVER PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 980
AT MILE MARKER S-12.35, AS THE TERRY D. TACKETT JR. MEMORIAL
BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 56737,
CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 74 OVER THE LITTLE CONEWAGO CREEK
IN DOVER TOWNSHIP, YORK COUNTY, AS THE CORPORAL WILLIAM E.
HEILMAN MEMORIAL BRIDGE; AND MAKING REPEALS.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. PFC Dr. Alex W. Barber Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
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(1) Private First Class Dr. Alex W. Barber was born
February 23, 1922, in Johnstown.
(2) PFC Barber grew up in Prospect, while attending
Johnstown Elementary, Middle and High School.
(3) On June 3, 1943, PFC Barber enlisted in the United
States Army in Altoona.
(4) PFC Barber was a member of Darby's Rangers and
landed on Normandy Beach on June 6, 1944.
(5) PFC Barber landed with his medical unit on the coast
of France at a time when the beach was under heavy enemy
rifle, machine gun and artillery fire.
(6) PFC Barber saved one soldier's life by performing a
tracheotomy with a mere ball-point pen.
(7) PFC Barber communicated despite a language barrier
and a time constraint, asking permission to borrow a horse
and buggy from a Frenchman to move and care for the wounded.
(8) PFC Barber was wounded while administering care to
fellow soldiers.
(9) Shrapnel from these wounds remained lodged in his
head and leg for the rest of his life.
(10) For his heroic actions, PFC Barber was awarded the
Distinguished Service Cross, the Bronze Star and the Purple
Heart with Oak Leaf Clusters.
(11) After his military service, PFC Barber graduated
from Johns Hopkins University. Upon finishing his degree at
Johns Hopkins University, he pursued another academic degree
at the Baltimore Chiropractic College, where he earned a
doctor of chiropractic degree.
(12) PFC Barber was a practicing chiropractor in
Johnstown, Pennsylvania; Havre de Grace, Maryland; Frederick,
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Maryland; and Santa Monica, California.
(13) PFC Barber was the father of five children, Alexis,
Joseph, Alexander, Judith and RoseAnn.
(14) PFC Barber died October 14, 1986.
(15) PFC Barber is buried at Arlington National Cemetery
in Arlington, Virginia.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key 8404,
carrying Pennsylvania Route 56 over the Stony Creek River in the
City of Johnstown, Cambria County, is designated as the PFC Dr.
Alex W. Barber 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.
SECTION 1. PFC DR. ALEX W. BARBER MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) PRIVATE FIRST CLASS DR. ALEX W. BARBER WAS BORN
FEBRUARY 23, 1922, IN JOHNSTOWN.
(2) PFC BARBER GREW UP IN PROSPECT, WHILE ATTENDING
JOHNSTOWN ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL.
(3) ON JUNE 3, 1943, PFC BARBER ENLISTED IN THE UNITED
STATES ARMY IN ALTOONA.
(4) PFC BARBER WAS A MEMBER OF DARBY'S RANGERS AND
LANDED ON NORMANDY BEACH ON JUNE 6, 1944.
(5) PFC BARBER LANDED WITH HIS MEDICAL UNIT ON THE COAST
OF FRANCE AT A TIME WHEN THE BEACH WAS UNDER HEAVY ENEMY
RIFLE, MACHINE GUN AND ARTILLERY FIRE.
(6) PFC BARBER SAVED ONE SOLDIER'S LIFE BY PERFORMING A
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TRACHEOTOMY WITH A MERE BALL-POINT PEN.
(7) PFC BARBER COMMUNICATED DESPITE A LANGUAGE BARRIER
AND A TIME CONSTRAINT, ASKING PERMISSION TO BORROW A HORSE
AND BUGGY FROM A FRENCHMAN TO MOVE AND CARE FOR THE WOUNDED.
(8) PFC BARBER WAS WOUNDED WHILE ADMINISTERING CARE TO
FELLOW SOLDIERS.
(9) SHRAPNEL FROM THESE WOUNDS REMAINED LODGED IN HIS
HEAD AND LEG FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.
(10) FOR HIS HEROIC ACTIONS, PFC BARBER WAS AWARDED THE
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS, THE BRONZE STAR AND THE PURPLE
HEART WITH OAK LEAF CLUSTERS.
(11) AFTER HIS MILITARY SERVICE, PFC BARBER GRADUATED
FROM JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY. UPON FINISHING HIS DEGREE AT
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, HE PURSUED ANOTHER ACADEMIC DEGREE
AT THE BALTIMORE CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE, WHERE HE EARNED A
DOCTOR OF CHIROPRACTIC DEGREE.
(12) PFC BARBER WAS A PRACTICING CHIROPRACTOR IN
JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA; HAVRE DE GRACE, MARYLAND; FREDERICK,
MARYLAND; AND SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA.
(13) PFC BARBER WAS THE FATHER OF FIVE CHILDREN, ALEXIS,
JOSEPH, ALEXANDER, JUDITH AND ROSEANN.
(14) PFC BARBER DIED OCTOBER 14, 1986.
(15) PFC BARBER IS BURIED AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
IN ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 8404,
CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 56 OVER THE STONY CREEK RIVER IN THE
CITY OF JOHNSTOWN, CAMBRIA COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE PFC DR.
ALEX W. BARBER MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO
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TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.
SECTION 2. TROOPER FIRST CLASS BRAD WILSON HONORARY BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) PRIOR TO SERVING IN THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE,
TROOPER FIRST CLASS BRAD WILSON SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES
AIR FORCE.
(2) TROOPER FIRST CLASS WILSON WAS STATIONED AT THE
DUBOIS BARRACKS.
(3) ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2013, AT APPROXIMATELY 2:30 P.M.,
TROOPER FIRST CLASS WILSON WAS SHOT AND CRITICALLY WOUNDED
WHILE TRYING TO SERVE A WARRANT AT A PRIVATE RESIDENCE IN
JEFFERSON COUNTY.
(4) FOLLOWING THE SHOOTING, TROOPER FIRST CLASS WILSON
WAS PRESENTED WITH THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE PURPLE HEART
AWARD IN NOVEMBER 2014.
(5) IN 2016, TROOPER FIRST CLASS WILSON WAS HONORABLY
DISCHARGED FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE AFTER 25 YEARS
OF SERVICE TO THIS COMMONWEALTH.
(6) IN 2016, TROOPER FIRST CLASS WILSON WAS PRESENTED
THE "OFFICER OF THE YEAR" AWARD FROM THE AMERICAN LEGION,
DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, AT THE DUBOIS AMERICAN LEGION
POST 17.
(7) TROOPER FIRST CLASS WILSON CONTINUES TO RECOVER FROM
HIS INJURY IN THE LINE OF DUTY TODAY.
(8) TROOPER FIRST CLASS WILSON'S HONOR WAS PROPOSED BY
THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART AND TROOP C OF THE
PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE.
(9) THE CLEARFIELD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, THE SANDY
TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS AND THE DUBOIS CITY COUNCIL HAVE ALL
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(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
42031, LOCATED ON THAT PORTION OF U.S. ROUTE 219 OVER PENTZ RUN
ON THE BORDER OF SANDY TOWNSHIP AND THE CITY OF DUBOIS,
CLEARFIELD COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE TROOPER FIRST CLASS BRAD
WILSON HONORARY 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 3. LCPL RALPH J. FABBRI USMC MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) RALPH JOHN FABBRI WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 29, 1989, IN
ALTOONA, BLAIR COUNTY.
(2) LCPL FABBRI ATTENDED PENN CAMBRIA HIGH SCHOOL AND
GRADUATED IN 2008.
(3) DURING HIS TIME AT PENN CAMBRIA, LCPL FABBRI WAS
ACTIVE IN ARTS GROUPS AND HAD SOME OF HIS WORK EXHIBITED AT
MOUNT ALOYSIUS COLLEGE.
(4) FOLLOWING A PERIOD OF MILITARY SERVICE, LCPL FABBRI
INTENDED TO BECOME AN ART TEACHER.
(5) ON AUGUST 11, 2008, LCPL FABBRI ENLISTED IN THE
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS.
(6) LCPL FABBRI WAS ASSIGNED TO THE HEADQUARTERS
BATTALION, 1ST MARINE DIVISION, I MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE,
CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA.
(7) LCPL FABBRI WAS DEPLOYED TO AFGHANISTAN AND
PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM.
(8) ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2010, LCPL FABBRI WAS KILLED IN
ACTION IN THE HELMAND PROVINCE OF AFGHANISTAN.
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(9) LCPL FABBRI'S DEATH OCCURRED ONE DAY BEFORE HIS 21ST
BIRTHDAY.
(10) LCPL FABBRI WAS DUE HOME FROM HIS TOUR IN OCTOBER
2010, AND WAS TO MEET HIS HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART AT THE
MARINE CORPS BALL IN NOVEMBER 2010.
(11) UPON HIS PASSING, LCPL FABBRI WAS HONORED BY THE
GOVERNORS OF PENNSYLVANIA AND CALIFORNIA FOR HIS ULTIMATE
SACRIFICE TO OUR NATION.
(12) LCPL FABBRI'S REMAINS TRAVELED UNDER THE BRIDGE
THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS SECTION WHEN HIS BODY WAS
RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES AFTER HIS DEATH.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 5796,
CARRYING STATE ROUTE 4001 OVER U.S. ROUTE 22 IN ALLEGHENY
TOWNSHIP, BLAIR COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE LCPL RALPH J. FABBRI
USMC MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO
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SECTION 4. THE MAYOR GERALD D. LUCIA MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AS FOLLOWS:
(1) GERALD "JERRY" D. LUCIA WAS BORN JULY 30, 1945, IN
SCOTTDALE AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST GRADUATING CLASS OF
GEIBEL HIGH SCHOOL IN 1964.
(2) MAYOR LUCIA SERVED THE MOUNT PLEASANT BOROUGH AS ITS
ELECTED MAYOR FOR 36 YEARS, HAVING WON ANOTHER FOUR-YEAR TERM
SHORTLY BEFORE HIS DEATH WHICH, IF COMPLETED, WOULD HAVE MADE
40 YEARS AS MAYOR.
(3) MAYOR LUCIA WAS A 46-YEAR MEMBER OF THE MOUNT
PLEASANT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT SERVING AS CHIEF FOR 31
YEARS.
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(4) MAYOR LUCIA WAS NAMED PENNSYLVANIA STATE MAYOR OF
THE YEAR IN 2016.
(5) AFTER MANY YEARS AS A PUBLIC SERVANT, MAYOR LUCIA
DIED ON DECEMBER 17, 2021.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE PORTION OF PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 31 FROM
THE INTERSECTION WITH FIRST STREET TO THE INTERSECTION WITH
YODER AVENUE IN THE BOROUGH OF MOUNT PLEASANT, WESTMORELAND
COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE MAYOR GERALD D. LUCIA MEMORIAL
HIGHWAY.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE HIGHWAY TO
TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE HIGHWAY.
SECTION 5. CPL REID REX ROSS 3 BN 26 MARINE REG. MEMORIAL
BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) CPL REID REX ROSS WAS BORN APRIL 27, 1949.
(2) CPL ROSS SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
WITH COMPANY I, THIRD BATTALION, TWENTY-SIXTH MARINES, FIRST
MARINE DIVISION.
(3) ON DECEMBER 4, 1968, COMPANY I WAS PARTICIPATING IN
OPERATION MEADE RIVER SOUTH OF DANANG WHEN THE MARINES WERE
PINNED DOWN BY ENEMY FIRE. CPL ROSS MOVED FROM ONE POSITION
TO ANOTHER TO DETERMINE AMMUNITION REQUIREMENTS AND PROVIDE
ENCOURAGEMENT TO HIS MEN.
(4) CPL ROSS HEROICALLY MOVED THROUGH INTENSE FIRE AND
HURLED HAND GRENADES AND FIRED SEVERAL LIGHT ANTITANK ASSAULT
WEAPONS AT THE ENEMY.
(5) CPL ROSS DIRECTED HIS MEN TO A MORE SECURE AREA
WHILE PERSONALLY PROVIDING COVERING FIRE FOR THEM.
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(6) CPL ROSS OBSERVED TWO CASUALTIES LYING IN AN AREA
EXPOSED TO THE ENEMY AND MANNED AN M-60 MACHINE GUN AND
RETURNED FIRE, ALLOWING FOR AN EVACUATION TEAM TO RETRIEVE
THE TWO INDIVIDUALS.
(7) CPL ROSS WAS KILLED WHILE PROVIDING RETURN FIRE TO
PROTECT HIS TEAM.
(8) CPL ROSS WAS AWARDED THE SILVER STAR FOR HIS SERVICE
AND SACRIFICE FOR OUR COUNTRY.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 8569,
CARRYING STATE ROUTE 1021 OVER GLENDALE LAKE IN WHITE TOWNSHIP,
CAMBRIA COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE CPL REID REX ROSS 3 BN 26
MARINE REG. 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 6. WALTER SKUBEL MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
57664, ON PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 924 OVER THE RAILROAD, LOCATED IN
GILBERTON BOROUGH, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE WALTER
SKUBEL MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(B) 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 7. RAPHAEL RIVERA MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
28762, ON STATE ROUTE 3011 OVER THE MONOCACY CREEK, LOCATED IN
BETHLEHEM CITY, NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE RAPHAEL
RIVERA MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(B) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO
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SECTION 8. LANCE CORPORAL JASON FRYE MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) LANCE CORPORAL JASON FRYE WAS BORN FEBRUARY 1, 1986,
IN LANDISBURG.
(2) LANCE CORPORAL FRYE WAS RAISED IN LANDISBURG WHERE
HE ATTENDED MT. ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH.
(3) LANCE CORPORAL FRYE GRADUATED FROM WEST PERRY HIGH
SCHOOL AND CUMBERLAND PERRY AREA VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL SCHOOL
IN 2004.
(4) WHILE IN VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL SCHOOL, LANCE CORPORAL
FRYE WAS EMPLOYED BY J.W. MUMPER CONSTRUCTION, INC., BEFORE
ENLISTING IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS IN 2005.
(5) LANCE CORPORAL FRYE SOUGHT OUT TO SERVE IN THE
MILITARY TO ESPOUSE THE VALUES OF FAITH, FAMILY AND FRIENDS,
THE VALUES WHICH HE LIVED BY.
(6) LANCE CORPORAL FRYE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE GOLF COMPANY
"RAIDERS" 2ND BATTALION, 2ND MARINE REGIMENT, 2ND MARINE
DIVISION, II MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE OUT OF CAMP LEJEUNE,
NORTH CAROLINA.
(7) ON OCTOBER 6, 2005, LANCE CORPORAL FRYE WAS KILLED
IN ACTION WHILE CONDUCTING COMBAT OPERATIONS NEAR FALLUJAH,
IRAQ.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
29525, LOCATED ON THAT PORTION OF PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 233 OVER
SHERMAN CREEK IN TYRONE TOWNSHIP, PERRY COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED
THE LANCE CORPORAL JASON FRYE MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
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SECTION 9. MAJOR GENERAL EDWARD C. SHANNON MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) EDWARD CASSWELL SHANNON WAS BORN IN PHOENIXVILLE,
CHESTER COUNTY, ON JUNE 24, 1870, AND MOVED TO COLUMBIA
BOROUGH AS AN ADULT.
(2) MAJOR GENERAL SHANNON BEGAN HIS MILITARY CAREER AS A
MEMBER OF THE 4TH INFANTRY DIVISION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA
NATIONAL GUARD.
(3) MAJOR GENERAL SHANNON SERVED IN THE SPANISH AMERICAN
WAR, PANCHO VILLA EXPEDITION AND WORLD WAR I, AFTER WHICH HE
WAS AWARDED A SILVER STAR AND THE ARMY DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
MEDAL.
(4) MAJOR GENERAL SHANNON RETIRED FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA
NATIONAL GUARD IN 1939 AT THE RANK OF MAJOR GENERAL AND
COMMANDER OF THE 28TH INFANTRY DIVISION.
(5) MAJOR GENERAL SHANNON SERVED LANCASTER COUNTY AS AN
ELECTED PROTHONOTARY IN 1919 AND SERVED AS LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR UNDER GIFFORD PINCHOT FROM 1930 TO 1935.
(6) DURING WORLD WAR II, MAJOR GENERAL SHANNON SERVED AS
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE LOCAL DRAFT BOARD.
(7) MAJOR GENERAL SHANNON PASSED AWAY ON MAY 20, 1946,
IN COLUMBIA AND WAS LAID TO REST IN THE LAUREL HILL MEMORIAL
GARDENS IN COLUMBIA.
(8) IN 2016, MAJOR GENERAL SHANNON WAS POSTHUMOUSLY
INDUCTED INTO THE DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS
HALL OF FAME IN FORT INDIANTOWN GAP.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
52686, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 441 OVER U.S. ROUTE 30 IN
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GENERAL EDWARD C. SHANNON 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 10. CPL PATRICK C. FARRELL AND PVT JAMES J. FARRELL
MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 5802,
CARRYING LOGAN BOULEVARD OVER NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD IN THE
CITY OF ALTOONA, BLAIR COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE CPL PATRICK C.
FARRELL AND PVT JAMES J. FARRELL MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(B) 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 11. SGM CHARLES B. MILLS, SR. MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 5879,
CARRYING STATE ROUTE 4027 (SOUTH EAGLE VALLEY ROAD) OVER BALD
EAGLE CREEK IN SNYDER TOWNSHIP, BLAIR COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE
SGM CHARLES B. MILLS, SR. MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(B) 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 12. PFC CHARLES SHORE GREENLAND MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
18728, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 829 OVER THE JUNIATA RIVER IN
UNION TOWNSHIP, HUNTINGDON COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE PFC CHARLES
SHORE GREENLAND MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(B) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO
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SECTION 13. PFC WASCO (SPIDER) PAWUK MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
18843, CARRYING STATE ROUTE 3006 (LOGGING ROAD 31011) OVER GREAT
TROUGH CREEK IN WOOD TOWNSHIP, HUNTINGDON COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED
THE PFC WASCO (SPIDER) PAWUK MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(B) 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 14. CORPORAL CARL LYNN WALKER MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) CORPORAL CARL LYNN WALKER, BORN MARCH 18, 1948, WAS
THE YOUNGEST OF 11 CHILDREN RAISED ON THE DALTON WALKER DAIRY
FARM IN QUEMAHONING TOWNSHIP, SOMERSET COUNTY.
(2) CORPORAL WALKER SERVED IN THE ARMY IN THE 11TH LIGHT
INFANTRY BRIGADE, 4TH BATTALION, 21ST INFANTRY, A COMPANY.
(3) ON JULY 7, 1969, CORPORAL WALKER WAS KILLED IN
ACTION BY SMALL ARMS FIRE DURING A NIGHT ENGAGEMENT IN THE
QUANG NGAI PROVINCE IN SOUTH VIETNAM.
(4) CORPORAL WALKER WAS HONORED POSTHUMOUSLY WITH THE
PURPLE HEART, BRONZE STAR, NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL,
VIETNAM CAMPAIGN RIBBON AND COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE.
(5) IN HONOR AND RECOGNITION OF HIS SACRIFICE, CORPORAL
WALKER'S NAME IS INSCRIBED ON THE VIETNAM VETERAN'S MEMORIAL
IN WASHINGTON, DC, ON VVM WALL, PANEL W21, LINE 79.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED BY BRIDGE KEY
31529, CARRYING STATE ROUTE 1007 OVER THE STONYCREEK RIVER IN
STONYCREEK TOWNSHIP, SOMERSET COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE CORPORAL
CARL LYNN WALKER MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
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SECTION 15. LANCE CORPORAL JOHN F. MUFFLER MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) JOHN FREDERICK MUFFLER WAS BORN DECEMBER 13, 1963,
IN ELKINS PARK, MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
(2) LANCE CORPORAL MUFFLER GRADUATED FROM NESHAMINY HIGH
SCHOOL IN 1981 AND WAS A DEDICATED DRUMMER IN THE NESHAMINY
MARCHING BAND.
(3) HE SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS AS A
LANCE CORPORAL.
(4) LANCE CORPORAL MUFFLER WAS KILLED IN THE TERRORIST
BOMBING OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE BARRACKS.
(5) IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF OCTOBER 23, 1983, A
TRUCK LOADED WITH EXPLOSIVES CRASHED THROUGH THE SECURITY
PERIMETER OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS BARRACKS IN
BEIRUT, LEBANON.
(6) IN THE EXPLOSION THAT FOLLOWED, 241 UNITED STATES
MILITARY PERSONNEL WERE KILLED AND 80 SERIOUSLY WOUNDED.
(7) LANCE CORPORAL MUFFLER'S MOTHER SUPPORTED THE MEMORY
OF HIS SERVICE AND SACRIFICE TO OUR COUNTRY BY PROMOTING THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BEIRUT MEMORIAL IN PHILADELPHIA.
(8) AN ANNUAL AWARD, INSPIRED BY JOHN F. MUFFLER, IS
PRESENTED TO A DRUMMER IN THE NESHAMINY BAND.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 7027,
CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 413 OVER U.S. ROUTE 1 IN MIDDLETOWN
TOWNSHIP, BUCKS COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE LANCE CORPORAL JOHN
F. MUFFLER MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
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SECTION 16. SENATOR NOAH W. WENGER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(A) DESIGNATION.--THE SECTION OF U.S. ROUTE 222 FROM THE
INTERCHANGE WITH U.S. ROUTE 30 IN MANHEIM TOWNSHIP TO THE
INTERCHANGE WITH INTERSTATE 76, ALSO KNOWN AS THE PENNSYLVANIA
TURNPIKE, IN EAST COCALICO TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY, IS
DESIGNATED THE SENATOR NOAH W. WENGER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(B) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE HIGHWAY TO
TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE HIGHWAY.
SECTION 17. CPL. JARRID L. KING MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) JARRID L. KING EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO SERVE HIS
COUNTRY AT A YOUNG AGE AND ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY
IN MARCH 2009.
(2) CORPORAL KING LEFT FOR ACTIVE DUTY ON APRIL 1, 2009,
AND WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 693RD SAPPER COMPANY, 7TH ENGINEER
BATTALION, 10TH SUSTAINMENT BRIGADE, 10TH MOUNTAIN DIVISION,
FORT DRUM, NEW YORK.
(3) CORPORAL KING WAS KILLED IN GHAZNI PROVINCE,
AFGHANISTAN, ON JANUARY 12, 2011, WHILE SUPPORTING OPERATION
ENDURING FREEDOM, WHEN ENEMY FORCES ATTACKED HIS UNIT WITH AN
IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE WESTBOUND BRIDGE CARRYING INTERSTATE
90 OVER SIX MILE CREEK IN HARBORCREEK TOWNSHIP, ERIE COUNTY, IS
HEREBY DESIGNATED AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE CPL. JARRID L. KING
MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
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SECTION 18. CAPTAIN LEROY FREEMAN BERKEBILE MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) CAPTAIN LEROY FREEMAN BERKEBILE WAS BORN OCTOBER 31,
1920, IN HOOVERSVILLE AND RAISED ON HIS FAMILY'S FARM.
(2) CAPTAIN BERKEBILE'S FIRST EXPERIENCE FLYING WAS WHEN
A BARNSTORMER OFFERED HIM A RIDE IN A BIPLANE.
(3) IN 1939, CAPTAIN BERKEBILE BEGAN LEARNING TO FLY AT
THE SOMERSET COUNTY AIRPORT, AND SOON AFTER, HE ACQUIRED HIS
FIRST AIRPLANE, A PIPER J-3 CUB, BY TRADING HIS FATHER'S
PRIZED HORSE FOR A 1937 FORD AUTOMOBILE, WHICH HE THEN TRADED
FOR THE PLANE.
(4) CAPTAIN BERKEBILE ENROLLED IN THE UNITED STATES
CIVILIAN PILOT TRAINING PROGRAM IN 1940, ATTENDED GROUND
SCHOOL AT THE SOMERSET COUNTY AIRPORT, RECEIVED FLIGHT
INSTRUCTION FROM FAYETTE AIRWAYS AT THE CONNELLSVILLE AIRPORT
AND OBTAINED HIS PILOT'S LICENSE ON MAY 8, 1941.
(5) DURING A FLIGHT AT THE SOMERSET COUNTY AIRPORT,
CAPTAIN BERKEBILE HEARD ON THE RADIO OF IMPERIAL JAPAN'S
ATTACK ON U.S. NAVAL STATION PEARL HARBOR, WHICH INSPIRED HIM
TO ENLIST IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY IN 1942.
(6) CAPTAIN BERKEBILE COMMENCED ACTIVE DUTY AS AN ENSIGN
IN SEPTEMBER 1942, AND BY 1945, HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE U.S.S.
TARAWA, WHERE HE OPERATED DIVE BOMBERS AND FIGHTER AIRCRAFT
LIKE THE CURTISS SB2C HELLDIVER, VOUGHT F4U CORSAIR AND
GRUMMAN F6F HELLCAT FROM AIRCRAFT CARRIERS IN THE PACIFIC
THEATER THROUGHOUT WORLD WAR II.
(7) AFTER CAPTAIN BERKEBILE LEFT ACTIVE NAVAL DUTY IN
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STATES NAVAL AIR STATION (NAS) GLENVIEW IN ILLINOIS.
(8) DURING THIS TIME, CAPTAIN BERKEBILE BECAME PART
OWNER AND CHIEF PILOT OF CANNER'S AERIAL CROP DUSTING SERVICE
IN PECATONICA, ILLINOIS.
(9) IN 1951, CAPTAIN BERKEBILE WAS HIRED BY AMERICAN
AIRLINES, BUT HE QUICKLY RETURNED TO ACTIVE DUTY BY
VOLUNTEERING FOR THE KOREAN WAR.
(10) UPON HIS RETURN, HE BECAME THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF
FIGHTER SQUADRON 92, KNOWN AS THE SILVER KINGS, STATIONED AT
UNITED STATES NAS ALMEDA IN CALIFORNIA.
(11) DURING THE WAR, CAPTAIN BERKEBILE SERVED ABOARD THE
U.S.S. VALLEY FORGE.
(12) ON MARCH 14, 1953, HE LED A STRIKE MISSION WITH 22
JET FIGHTERS AND ATTACK PLANES, TARGETING AN ENEMY SUPPLY
AREA NEAR HAM-HUNG, NORTH KOREA, AND, DESPITE HEAVY ENEMY
FIRE, CAPTAIN BERKEBILE AND HIS SQUADRON DESTROYED ALL
HOSTILE ANTI-AIRCRAFT POSITIONS WITH NO AIRCRAFT LOST UNDER
HIS SKILLFUL DIRECTION IN AN AREA NOTORIOUS FOR INTENSE ANTI-
AIRCRAFT FIRE.
(13) FOR HIS ACTIONS CAPTAIN BERKEBILE WAS HONORED WITH
THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS IN RECOGNITION OF HIS
EXTRAORDINARY ACHIEVEMENT IN AERIAL FLIGHT, UNWAVERING
DEDICATION TO DUTY AND COMMITMENT TO UPHOLDING THE HIGHEST
STANDARDS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
(14) AFTER THE WAR, CAPTAIN BERKEBILE TAUGHT THE AIR-TO-
AIR COMBAT TRAINING PROGRAM AS THE UNITED STATES NAVY FLEET
AIR GUNNERY INSTRUCTOR AT UNITED STATES NAS EL CENTRO IN
CALIFORNIA, MORE POPULARLY KNOWN AS THE UNITED STATES NAVY'S
"TOP GUN" SCHOOL.
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(15) IN 1954, CAPTAIN BERKEBILE TRANSITIONED FROM ACTIVE
DUTY AND RETURNED TO UNITED STATES NAS GLENVIEW AS PART OF
THE UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVES WITH FIGHTER SQUADRON 725.
(16) CONCURRENT WITH HIS RESERVE SERVICE, CAPTAIN
BERKEBILE RESUMED HIS WORK AND STEADILY ADVANCED THROUGH THE
RANKS OF AMERICAN AIRLINES DURING THE 1960S AND ULTIMATELY
BECAME THE AREA DIRECTOR OF FLIGHT FOR THE MIDWEST REGION,
BASED AT CHICAGO O'HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, A POSITION HE
HELD UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1980.
(17) WHILE WORKING FOR AMERICAN AIRLINES, CAPTAIN
BERKEBILE RECEIVED HIS PROMOTION TO NAVY CAPTAIN IN 1963 AND
SERVED IN VARIOUS AIR WING COMMAND ROLES, WHICH CULMINATED IN
HIS APPOINTMENT AS AIR WING COMMANDER IN 1967.
(18) CAPTAIN BERKEBILE MARKED THE END OF HIS RESERVE
SERVICE BY FLYING TRANSPORT AND SUPPLY AIRCRAFT DURING THE
VIETNAM WAR AND HIS HEROIC ACTIONS CONTINUED THROUGHOUT HIS
CAREER AT AMERICAN AIRLINES.
(19) ON JUNE 23, 1972, AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 119, EN
ROUTE FROM ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, TO TULSA, OKLAHOMA, WAS
HIJACKED BY A MAN WITH A SUBMACHINE GUN AND EXPLOSIVES.
(20) UPON THE FLIGHT'S RETURN TO ST. LOUIS, CAPTAIN
BERKEBILE VOLUNTEERED TO SERVE AS THE RELIEF PILOT OF THE
BOEING 727 WHEN THE HIJACKER ALLOWED A FRESH CREW ONBOARD AND
CAPTAIN BERKEBILE WAS AWARDED AMERICAN AIRLINES'
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD FOR THE GREAT PERSONAL RISK HE
ASSUMED AND FOR HIS PROFESSIONALISM AND COMPOSURE UNDER
IMMENSE PRESSURE.
(21) ON JUNE 20, 1979, CAPTAIN BERKEBILE PLANNED,
ORGANIZED AND DIRECTED LAW ENFORCEMENT'S RESPONSE TO THE
HIJACKING OF AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 293, EN ROUTE FROM NEW
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(22) ONCE MORE, CAPTAIN BERKEBILE'S PROFESSIONALISM
GARNERED RECOGNITION FROM THE FEDERAL AVIATION
ADMINISTRATION, AS WELL AS MULTIPLE STATE AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
(23) ON CAPTAIN BERKEBILE'S LAST DAY AT AMERICAN
AIRLINES IN 1980, HE PILOTED ALL FOUR TYPES OF AIRCRAFT
OPERATED BY THE AIRLINE: A BOEING 707, 727, 747 AND A DC-10,
AN UNPRECEDENTED FEAT AT THE TIME.
(24) THROUGHOUT THE 1980S AND 1990S, CAPTAIN BERKEBILE
CONTINUED HIS AVIATION CAREER AS A PILOT FOR PRIESTER
AVIATION, LLC, AND EVEN BECAME FRANK SINATRA'S PERSONAL
PILOT.
(25) OVER THE COURSE OF HIS LIFE, CAPTAIN BERKEBILE WAS
AWARDED NUMEROUS MEDALS, COMMENDATIONS AND AWARDS FOR HIS
EXEMPLARY NAVAL SERVICE DURING WORLD WAR II, THE KOREAN WAR
AND THE VIETNAM WAR.
(26) IN RECOGNITION OF CAPTAIN BERKEBILE'S SERVICE IN
WORLD WAR II, HE WAS HONORED WITH THE AMERICAN DEFENSE
SERVICE MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC
CAMPAIGN MEDAL, CHINA SERVICE MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE
EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, NAVY OCCUPATION SERVICE MEDAL AND
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL.
(27) IN RECOGNITION OF CAPTAIN BERKEBILE'S CONTRIBUTIONS
DURING THE KOREAN WAR, HE WAS HONORED WITH FOUR AIR MEDALS
FOR MERITORIOUS ACHIEVEMENT IN AERIAL FLIGHT, THE KOREAN
SERVICE MEDAL, NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, NAVY
COMMENDATION MEDAL, WHICH INCLUDED THE COMBAT DISTINGUISHED
DEVICE AWARD, AND THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS FOR HIS
EXTRAORDINARY ACTIONS ON MARCH 14, 1953.
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DURING THE VIETNAM WAR, HE WAS HONORED WITH THE NATIONAL
DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL AND VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL.
(29) IN RECOGNITION OF CAPTAIN BERKEBILE'S LIFETIME OF
SERVICE, HE WAS HONORED WITH THE ARMED FORCES RESERVE MEDAL,
NAVAL RESERVE MEDAL, UNITED NATIONS SERVICE MEDAL, A NAVY
UNIT COMMENDATION FOR OUTSTANDING HEROISM, AN AVIATION SAFETY
AWARD WHILE SERVING AS THE COMMANDING OFFICER AT UNITED
STATES NAS GLENVIEW AND THE NOEL DAVIS TROPHY IN 1968 FOR THE
MOST EFFICIENT UNIT IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY RESERVE.
(30) CAPTAIN BERKEBILE PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON MAY 17,
2016.
(31) HE IS REMEMBERED AS AN AMERICAN HERO FOR HIS
PIONEERING ROLE IN THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY AND JET AGE, HIS
REMARKABLE SEVEN-DECADE AVIATION CAREER, TOTALING MORE THAN
33,000 FLIGHT HOURS, HIS EXTRAORDINARY NAVAL SERVICE AND HIS
MANY OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED STATES.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED BY BRIDGE KEY
31447, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 403 OVER THE STONYCREEK RIVER
IN QUEMAHONING TOWNSHIP, SOMERSET COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE
CAPTAIN LEROY FREEMAN BERKEBILE 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 19. PFC WALLACE RICE MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) PFC WALLACE RICE WAS BORN FEBRUARY 11, 1916, IN
CAMBRIA COUNTY.
(2) PFC RICE ATTENDED THE JOSEPH JOHNS JOHNSTOWN HIGH
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(3) PFC RICE ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY ON
AUGUST 14, 1943.
(4) PFC RICE WAS WOUNDED IN THE LINE OF DUTY ON
SEPTEMBER 19, 1944, IN HOLLAND.
(5) PFC RICE CONCLUDED HIS MILITARY SERVICE ON OCTOBER
14, 1945.
(6) PFC RICE WAS AWARDED A PURPLE HEART FOR HIS SERVICE
AND SACRIFICE FOR THE UNITED STATES.
(7) PFC RICE PASSED AWAY MARCH 12, 1975, AND IS BURIED
AT RICHLAND CEMETERY IN RICHLAND TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 8414,
CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 56 OVER WALTERS AVENUE IN RICHLAND
TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE PFC WALLACE RICE
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 20. LANCE CORPORAL ROBERT ALAN "BUCKY" MCPHERSON
MEMORIAL INTERCHANGE BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) ROBERT ALAN "BUCKY" MCPHERSON WAS BORN OCTOBER 7,
1948, IN CECIL TOWNSHIP, WASHINGTON COUNTY, ATTENDED AND
GRADUATED FROM CANON-MCMILLAN SCHOOLS AND ENTERED WEST
VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY IN 1966.
(2) AFTER SEEING IMAGES OF THE VIETNAM CONFLICT ON THE
EVENING NEWS, LANCE CORPORAL MCPHERSON FELT IT WAS HIS DUTY
TO POSTPONE HIS UNIVERSITY EDUCATION AND VOLUNTARILY JOINED
THE MARINES, BEING QUOTED AS SAYING "I FELT IT WAS THE RIGHT
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(3) LANCE CORPORAL MCPHERSON BEGAN HIS TOUR OF DUTY ON
DECEMBER 9, 1967, WITH THE RANK OF LANCE CORPORAL AS AN
ASSAULT MAN, 3RD MARINE DIVISION, 2ND BATTALION, 4TH MARINES.
(4) WHILE LEADING HIS MEN ON AN ASSAULT AGAINST THE
ENEMY, LANCE CORPORAL MCPHERSON WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED AND
TRAGICALLY DIED AT THE AGE OF 19 ON APRIL 30, 1968.
(5) LANCE CORPORAL MCPHERSON'S FAMILY FARM IS NOW THE I-
79 PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE 576 INTERCHANGE.
(6) LANCE CORPORAL MCPHERSON IS BURIED ON THE RIDGE AT
THE CEMETERY OF THE ALLEGHENIES OVERLOOKING HIS FAMILY'S OLD
FARM WHERE HE GREW UP LEARNING TO FARM AND A DEDICATION TO
HIS COUNTRY.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGES, IDENTIFIED AS SOUTHERN
BELTWAY 258 AND SOUTHERN BELTWAY 259, IN CECIL TOWNSHIP,
WASHINGTON COUNTY, ARE DESIGNATED AS THE LANCE CORPORAL ROBERT
ALAN "BUCKY" MCPHERSON MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE COMMISSION SHALL ERECT
AND MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS ON BOTH BRIDGES.
SECTION 21. SENATOR DAVID J. ARNOLD, JR., MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) BEFORE BECOMING ELECTED TO THE SENATE IN 2019, DAVID
J. ARNOLD, JR., SERVED AS DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR LEBANON
COUNTY FOR 14 YEARS.
(2) AS DISTRICT ATTORNEY, HE WAS A TIRELESS ADVOCATE FOR
VICTIMS AND JUSTICE, NOT JUST IN LEBANON, BUT THROUGHOUT THIS
COMMONWEALTH.
(3) SENATOR ARNOLD WAS A MEMBER OF GOVERNOR CORBETT'S
ELDER ABUSE TASK FORCE AND SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE
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(4) SENATOR ARNOLD'S TIME IN THE PENNSYLVANIA SENATE WAS
MARKED FOR HIS DEDICATION TO ADVANCING CAUSES TO PROTECT THIS
COMMONWEALTH'S CHILDREN.
(5) SENATOR ARNOLD'S NOTEWORTHY LEGISLATION INCREASED
PENALTIES ON THOSE CONVICTED OF POSSESSION OF CHILD
PORNOGRAPHY AND ESTABLISHED A TASK FORCE TO COMBAT THIS
HORRID CRIME.
(6) SENATOR DAVID J. ARNOLD, JR., WAS THE EMBODIMENT OF
A DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANT AND HIS LEADERSHIP ON DOING WHAT
IS RIGHT FOR HIS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN MISSED.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
22612, LOCATED ON PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 72 IN SWATARA TOWNSHIP,
LEBANON COUNTY, OVER THE SWATARA CREEK IS DESIGNATED THE SENATOR
DAVID J. ARNOLD, JR., 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 22. PFC LAWRENCE J. DEISHER MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) PRIVATE FIRST CLASS LAWRENCE J. DEISHER WAS BORN
JULY 9, 1947, AND WAS RAISED IN READING.
(2) PFC DEISHER SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY DURING
THE VIETNAM WAR AND WAS A DISTINGUISHED MEMBER OF THE 2ND
BATTALION, 502ND INFANTRY BRIGADE, 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION.
(3) ON JUNE 9, 1966, PFC DEISHER MADE THE ULTIMATE
SACRIFICE WHEN HE FEARLESSLY ENGAGED WITH THE ENEMY.
(4) ON THAT DAY, PFC DEISHER DISPLAYED UNPARALLELED
BRAVERY AND TACTICAL PROWESS, WHICH RESULTED IN THE
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(5) PFC DEISHER'S ACTIONS ON THAT DAY EARNED HIM THE
SILVER STAR, A TESTAMENT TO HIS VALOR AND SELFLESSNESS.
(6) PFC DEISHER NOT ONLY MET BUT SURPASSED THE STRINGENT
CRITERIA REQUIRED TO JOIN THE ESTEEMED 101ST AIRBORNE
DIVISION, SHOWCASING EXCEPTIONAL SKILL, UNWAVERING COMMITMENT
AND UNPARALLELED COURAGE.
(7) PFC DEISHER'S LIFE, HEROISM AND SACRIFICE EXEMPLIFY
THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF SERVICE AND SERVE AS A BEACON OF
INSPIRATION FOR MANY.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 5059,
CARRYING STATE ROUTE 2021 OVER MINERAL SPRINGS CREEK IN THE CITY
OF READING, BERKS COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE PFC LAWRENCE J.
DEISHER MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO
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SECTION 23. DONALD E. PARLEE MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) DONALD E. PARLEE, M.D., WAS BORN IN PHILADELPHIA AND
ATTENDED GERMANTOWN HIGH SCHOOL.
(2) DR. PARLEE EARNED A B.S. DEGREE FROM URSINUS COLLEGE
IN 1955 AND GRADUATED FROM TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF
MEDICINE IN 1959.
(3) DR. PARLEE ENJOYED A 43-YEAR CAREER AS A BOARD-
CERTIFIED RADIOLOGIST AT DOYLESTOWN HOSPITAL AND GREW THE
RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT FROM ONE PHYSICIAN TO 20 RADIOLOGISTS.
(4) DR. PARLEE SERVED AS CHIEF OF THE RADIOLOGY
DEPARTMENT FOR 25 YEARS AND ESTABLISHED THE HOSPITAL'S SCHOOL
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(5) DR. PARLEE EARNED A BRONZE STAR FOR SERVING OUR
COUNTRY FOR THE UNITED STATES ARMY IN VIETNAM FROM 1966 TO
1968, INCLUDING DURING THE TET OFFENSIVE. AT ONE POINT, HE
WAS THE MOST SENIOR RADIOLOGIST IN VIETNAM AND TRAINED OTHER
RADIOLOGISTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
(6) DR. PARLEE WAS INVOLVED IN MANY PHILANTHROPIC
ENDEAVORS, INCLUDING THOSE BENEFITING DOYLESTOWN HOSPITAL,
URSINUS COLLEGE, THE BUCKS COUNTY AUDUBON SOCIETY, THE
BOWMAN'S HILL WILDLIFE PRESERVE AND THE PEACE VALLEY NATURE
CENTER.
(7) DR. PARLEE PROUDLY GAVE BACK TO HIS PROFESSION,
SERVING AS PRESIDENT OF THE BUCKS COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY, AS
VICE CHAIR OF THE FOUNDATION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL
SOCIETY AND AS DELEGATE TO THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
FOR 10 YEARS.
(8) DR. PARLEE ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO HIS ALMA MATER,
URSINUS COLLEGE, SERVING IN VARIOUS ROLES WITH THE URSINUS
BOARD OF TRUSTEES BEGINNING IN 1983 AND AS PRESIDENT OF THE
URSINUS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.
(9) ALONG WITH HIS WIFE, FELLOW URSINUS COLLEGE
GRADUATE, JOAN PARLEE, DR. PARLEE SUPPORTED MANY INITIATIVES
AT URSINUS COLLEGE, INCLUDING SCHOLARSHIPS, CAPITAL BUILDING
PROJECTS, SUMMER STUDENT RESEARCH, THE URSINUS FUND AND, MOST
NOTABLY, THE ENDOWMENT OF THE PARLEE CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND
THE COMMON GOOD.
(10) IN 2023, THE PARLEES WERE AWARDED WITH ONE OF
URSINUS COLLEGE'S HIGHEST HONORS, THE BEAR2BEAR IMPACT AWARD
FOR LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE, IN RECOGNITION OF THE
EXTRAORDINARY IMPACT THEIR WORK AND PHILANTHROPIC EFFORTS
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(11) DR. PARLEE PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 21, 2024, AT 89
YEARS OF AGE, LEAVING BEHIND A LEGACY OF UNWAVERING
COMMITMENT TO THE BETTERMENT OF HIS COMMUNITY THROUGH
SELFLESS SERVICE AND PHILANTHROPY.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 6917
CARRYING STATE ROUTE 4202 OVER PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 611 IN
DOYLESTOWN TOWNSHIP, BUCKS COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE DONALD
E. PARLEE MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO
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SECTION 24. SERGEANT JOSUE "ROCKY" SAEZ, JR., MEMORIAL ROAD.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) SERGEANT SAEZ WAS A DEDICATED, CARING AND
IRREPLACEABLE OFFICER WITHIN SCI CAMP HILL HAVING SERVED THE
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS FOR OVER 15 YEARS AS BOTH AN
OFFICER AND SERGEANT, EARNING THE POSITION OF FIRST SHIFT
DIAGNOSTIC AND CLASSIFICATION SERGEANT, THROUGH WHICH HE
CONSISTENTLY ENSURED THAT ALL OPERATIONS WERE COVERED.
(2) SERGEANT SAEZ EARNED THE RESPECT OF BOTH STAFF AND
INMATES ALIKE, SERVING AS A HUMBLE YET CONFIDENT ROLE MODEL
TO THOSE AROUND HIM AND STANDING UP FOR THE GOOD AND
PROTECTING THE POWERLESS IN HIS WORK AND HIS HOME.
(3) SERGEANT SAEZ DIED SENSELESSLY AND TRAGICALLY ON
NOVEMBER 4, 2023, WHILE ADDRESSING A NOISE COMPLAINT WITH A
NEIGHBOR WHILE OFF-DUTY.
(4) SERGEANT SAEZ'S LOSS WILL CONTINUE TO BE DEEPLY FELT
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WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS ENGAGING PERSONALITY, DEDICATION,
SINCERE RESPECT, CONSIDERATION OF OTHERS AND SMILE.
(5) 2023 MARKS BOTH THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS SERVICE
TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AS WELL AS THE END OF HIS
WATCH. THOUGH NOTHING WILL FILL THE VOID OF SUCH A LOSS, THE
RENAMING OF THIS ROAD WILL MEMORIALIZE THE SERVICE,
DEDICATION, SACRIFICE AND LEGACY OF SERGEANT JOSUE "ROCKY"
SAEZ, JR.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 2017, ALSO
KNOWN AS LISBURN ROAD, FROM SEGMENT 90/OFFSET 300 TO SEGMENT
90/OFFSET 2200 IN LOWER ALLEN TOWNSHIP, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, IS
DESIGNATED AS THE SGT. JOSUE "ROCKY" SAEZ, JR., MEMORIAL ROAD.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE HIGHWAY TO
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SECTION 25. SERGEANT TIMOTHY SIMPSON MEMORIAL ROAD.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) TIMOTHY SIMPSON WAS APPOINTED TO THE PHILADELPHIA
POLICE DEPARTMENT ON NOVEMBER 14, 1988.
(2) HE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY PROMOTED TO CORPORAL IN 1998 AND
BECAME A SERGEANT IN 2005.
(3) SERGEANT SIMPSON'S MOST RECENT ASSIGNMENT WAS WITH
THE 24TH POLICE DISTRICT AS THE SERGEANT OF SQUAD 2A.
(4) PRIOR TO SERVING WITH THE PHILADELPHIA POLICE
DEPARTMENT, SERGEANT SIMPSON SERVED WITH THE UNITED STATES
ARMY AND WAS A POLICE OFFICER FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (SEPTA).
(5) ON NOVEMBER 17, 2008, SERGEANT SIMPSON WAS KILLED IN
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ROBBERY CALL WHEN HIS PATROL CAR WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION
WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE OPERATED BY AN INTOXICATED DRIVER.
(6) SERGEANT SIMPSON SERVED WITH THE PHILADELPHIA POLICE
DEPARTMENT FOR 20 YEARS.
(7) DURING HIS CAREER, SERGEANT SIMPSON RECEIVED A
HEROISM COMMENDATION, FOUR MERIT COMMENDATIONS, AND ONE
COMMENDATORY LETTER.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 1016, ALSO
KNOWN AS HOLME AVENUE, FROM THE INTERSECTION WITH WINCHESTER
AVENUE TO THE INTERSECTION WITH HOLME CIRCLE, IN THE CITY OF
PHILADELPHIA, PHILADELPHIA COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE SERGEANT
TIMOTHY SIMPSON MEMORIAL ROAD.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO
TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS OF THE BRIDGE.
SECTION 26. MICHAEL G. TSIKALAS MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) MICHAEL G. TSIKALAS WAS BORN JUNE 3, 1926, IN
UNIONTOWN.
(2) MR. TSIKALAS ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY
DURING WORLD WAR II AND WAS ASSIGNED TO AN AMPHIBIOUS LAND
CRUISER, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE FIRST SHIPS TO LAND ON OMAHA
BEACH DURING D-DAY.
(3) AFTER THE WAR, MR. TSIKALAS WORKED FOR MORE THAN 40
YEARS AT THE HI-WAY DINER AND ACTED AS A GUIDE FOR MANY YOUNG
MEN IN NEED OR SEARCHING FOR ADVICE.
(4) MR. TSIKALAS SERVED AS A ROLE MODEL WHILE COACHING
GRADE SCHOOL FOOTBALL FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS AT BOTH HOLY
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(5) MR. TSIKALAS' DEVOTION TO HIS COMMUNITY INCLUDED
MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF SERVICE AS MAYOR OF EBENSBURG BOROUGH
AND CAMBRIA COUNTY PROTHONOTARY.
(6) AS MAYOR, MR. TSIKALAS WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN MANY
IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING THE ROWENA REVITALIZATION PROJECT AND
THE EBENSBURG MAIN STREET PROGRAM.
(7) MR. TSIKALAS TOOK GREAT JOY IN ADMINISTERING THE
NATURALIZATION OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA TO NEW AMERICAN CITIZENS IN HIS POSITION AS CAMBRIA
COUNTY PROTHONOTARY.
(8) MR. TSIKALAS WAS BEST KNOWN AS "MAYOR MIKE" AND
"COACH" TO COUNTLESS MEMBERS OF HIS COMMUNITY.
(9) MR. TSIKALAS PASSED AWAY ON MAY 18, 2022, AFTER
DECADES OF SELFLESS SERVICE TO HIS COMMUNITY.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 8345,
ON THAT PORTION OF U.S. ROUTE 22 OVER HOWELLS RUN IN CAMBRIA
TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE MICHAEL G. TSIKALAS
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 27. CHARLES J. VIZZINI MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) CHARLES J. VIZZINI WAS BORN MARCH 8, 1924, TO JOHN
AND LILLIAN VIZZINI IN COLVER.
(2) HE SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY DURING WORLD WAR
II AS A PRIVATE AND WAS WOUNDED TWICE.
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WAS SAVED FROM SERIOUS INJURY AND POSSIBLE DEATH BY A
CATHOLIC BIBLE IN HIS LEFT BREAST POCKET AND A CATHOLIC
MISSAL IN HIS RIGHT BREAST POCKET WHEN BULLETS PENETRATED
BOTH BOOKS.
(4) AFTER RETURNING TO CAMBRIA COUNTY, MR. VIZZINI WENT
ON TO GRADUATE FROM CAMBRIA ROWE BUSINESS COLLEGE AND LATER
WORKED FOR A TIME AS A COAL MINER AND STEELWORKER, IN THE
EBENSBURG CENTER AND, EVENTUALLY, AT THE OFFICE OF AUDITOR
GENERAL FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS.
(5) A PASSIONATE ADVOCATE FOR HIS FELLOW VETERANS, MR.
VIZZINI SERVED AS COMMANDER OF EBENSBURG POST 4963, VETERANS
OF FOREIGN WARS, AND ORGANIZED ANNUAL VETERANS DAY MEMORIAL
SERVICES AS WELL AS MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR THE ANNIVERSARY OF
THE BOMBING OF PEARL HARBOR AND TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF FELLOW
CAMBRIA COUNTY NATIVE MARINE SERGEANT MICHAEL STRANK, WHO
HELPED TO RAISE THE UNITED STATES FLAG AT IWO JIMA.
(6) A CARING MEMBER OF HIS COMMUNITY, MR. VIZZINI
ORGANIZED MEMORIAL SERVICES TO HONOR THE 63 MINERS WHO DIED
IN THE 1940 SONMAN MINES EXPLOSION IN PORTAGE AND WAS
INFLUENTIAL IN HONORING THE 112 INDIVIDUALS WHO LOST THEIR
LIVES IN THE CAMBRIA STEEL COMPANY'S 1902 ROLLING MINE MILL
EXPLOSION IN JOHNSTOWN.
(7) MR. VIZZINI WAS WELL-KNOWN THROUGHOUT HIS COMMUNITY,
MOST NOTABLY FOR HIS PASSIONATE ADVOCACY FOR HIS FELLOW
VETERANS AND FOR THE RESIDENTS OF CAMBRIA TOWNSHIP, INCLUDING
HIS EFFORTS TO KEEP THE EBENSBURG CENTER OPEN, HIS WORK WITH
EBENSBURG'S ANNUAL CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS, PARTICULARLY THE
LIFE-SIZE NATIVITY SCENE, HIS ORGANIZATION OF THE NORTHERN
CAMBRIA COUNTY IMMIGRANTS DAY IN NANTY GLO AND HIS EFFORTS TO
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(8) CHARLES J. VIZZINI PASSED AWAY ON AUGUST 11, 2009,
AT THE AGE OF 85.
(9) A DECORATED MILITARY VETERAN, MR. VIZZINI'S AWARDS
INCLUDE TWO PURPLE HEARTS AND ONE BRONZE STAR.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 8344,
CARRYING U.S. ROUTE 22 OVER PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 160, ALSO KNOWN
AS NEW GERMANY ROAD, IN CAMBRIA TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, IS
DESIGNATED THE CHARLES J. VIZZINI 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 AND BOTH DIRECTIONS ON
THE CROSSING ROUTE.
SECTION 28. PRIVATE MAHLON R. EVANS MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) MAHLON R. EVANS WAS BORN IN EBENSBURG, CAMBRIA
COUNTY, ON MAY 4, 1922.
(2) PRIVATE EVANS GRADUATED FROM CAMBRIA HIGH SCHOOL IN
1940 AND GRADUATED FROM GENEVA COLLEGE IN 1947.
(3) PRIVATE EVANS SERVED IN WORLD WAR II IN THE 9TH
INFANTRY DIVISION.
(4) PRIVATE EVANS WAS WOUNDED IN THE BATTLE OF SAINT-LÔ
IN JULY 1944 AND RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART AND BRONZE STAR
FOR HIS VALIANT SERVICE.
(5) PRIVATE EVANS WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF COLLEGE HILL
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS WHERE HE SERVED AS
AN ELDER AND TRUSTEE, AS WELL AS THE MUSIC DIRECTOR FOR MORE
THAN 20 YEARS.
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(7) PRIVATE EVANS PASSED AWAY ON JULY 14, 2012, AT 90
YEARS OF AGE IN THE CARE OF SHERWOOD NURSING CENTER.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 3795,
CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 251 OVER INTERSTATE 376 IN CHIPPEWA
TOWNSHIP, BEAVER COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE PRIVATE MAHLON R.
EVANS 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 29. SGT. SKIP HASWELL MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) LLOYD "SKIP" E. HASWELL, JR., WAS BORN OCTOBER 18,
1944, IN ELLWOOD CITY.
(2) SGT. HASWELL GRADUATED FROM LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL IN
1964 AND FROM THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF BEAVER COUNTY WITH AN
ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE IN CRIMINOLOGY.
(3) SGT. HASWELL ENTERED THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS,
TRAINING AT PARRIS ISLAND, CAMP PENDLETON AND OKINAWA JUNGLE
WARFARE TRAINING CENTER.
(4) SGT. HASWELL SERVED IN VIETNAM AS A SERGEANT IN
ALPHA COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION, 1ST MARINES OPERATING OUT OF
CHU LAI AIRBASE FROM 1966 TO 1967.
(5) UPON RETURNING HOME FROM MILITARY SERVICE, SGT.
HASWELL JOINED THE BEAVER FALLS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
(6) SGT. HASWELL WAS NAMED POLICEMAN OF THE YEAR IN 1970
AND FOUNDED THE FIRST K-9 UNIT IN BEAVER COUNTY.
(7) SGT. HASWELL WAS ELECTED CHIEF OF POLICE IN 1984 AND
RETIRED IN 1989.
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(8) SGT. HASWELL TRAINED WITH THE UNITED STATES SECRET
SERVICE AND THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WHILE A
POLICE CAPTAIN.
(9) UPON RETIREMENT, SGT. HASWELL WORKED AS DIRECTOR OF
MARKETING AT THE MEDIC RESCUE AMBULANCE SERVICE, EMERGENCY
DEFENSIVE DRIVER'S TRAINER AND AS DEPUTY CORONER WITH THE
BEAVER COUNTY CORONER'S OFFICE.
(10) SGT. HASWELL PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 4, 2024, AT 79
YEARS OF AGE IN NOKOMIS, FLORIDA.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
57032, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 351 OVER THE BEAVER RIVER
BETWEEN KOPPEL BOROUGH AND NORTH SEWICKLEY TOWNSHIP, BEAVER
COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE SGT. SKIP HASWELL 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 30. COLONEL JOSEPH H. THOMPSON MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDING.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) JOSEPH H. THOMPSON WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 26, 1871, IN
KILKEEL, COUNTY DOWN, IRELAND.
(2) COLONEL THOMPSON GRADUATED FROM GENEVA COLLEGE IN
1904 AND EARNED A SECOND BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH IN 1905 AND THEN A LAW DEGREE FROM
THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF LAW IN 1909.
(3) COLONEL THOMPSON WAS THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
FOOTBALL COACH FROM 1908 TO 1912 AND HELPED FACILITATE THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FIRST KNOWN USE OF NUMBERS ON UNIFORMS.
(4) IN 1905, COLONEL THOMPSON ENLISTED IN THE
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AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES.
(5) IN 1918, COLONEL THOMPSON WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK
OF COLONEL AND SERVED IN WORLD WAR I, WHERE HE WAS WOUNDED
FOUR TIMES AND GASSED ONCE.
(6) FOR HIS BRAVERY, COLONEL THOMPSON WAS AWARDED THE
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS ON OCTOBER 1, 1918, HOWEVER, THIS
AWARD WAS UPDATED TO THE MEDAL OF HONOR ON OCTOBER 5, 1925.
(7) THE FOUR WOUNDS THAT COLONEL THOMPSON RECEIVED
ENTITLED HIM TO WEAR FOUR WOUND CHEVRONS, WHICH WAS THE
PRECURSOR TO THE PURPLE HEART, REESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED
STATES PRESIDENT IN 1932.
(8) COLONEL THOMPSON SURVIVED THE WAR AND DIED AT 57
YEARS OF AGE ON FEBRUARY 1, 1928, IN BEAVER FALLS, BEAVER
COUNTY, FROM AILMENTS AGGRAVATED BY HIS WAR WOUNDS.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE CARRYING THE PENNSYLVANIA
TURNPIKE MAINLINE EASTBOUND OVER THE BEAVER RIVER AT MILE MARKER
13.2 IN BEAVER COUNTY IS DESIGNATED AS THE COLONEL JOSEPH H.
THOMPSON MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE COMMISSION SHALL ERECT
AND MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE
TO TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.
SECTION 31. COLONEL MATTHEW S. QUAY MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) MATTHEW STANLEY QUAY WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 30, 1833, IN
DILLSBURG, YORK COUNTY.
(2) HE ATTENDED THE BEAVER AND INDIANA ACADEMIES AND
GRADUATED IN 1850 FROM JEFFERSON COLLEGE, NOW WASHINGTON AND
JEFFERSON COLLEGE.
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(3) COLONEL QUAY BECAME COLONEL OF THE 134TH
PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY REGIMENT DURING THE CIVIL WAR
FROM 1861 TO 1862.
(4) FOR HIS BRAVERY, COLONEL QUAY WAS AWARDED THE MEDAL
OF HONOR AT THE BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA, IN
DECEMBER 1862.
(5) DURING HIS LIFE, COLONEL QUAY WAS A DEDICATED PUBLIC
SERVANT, SERVING AS THE PROTHONOTARY OF BEAVER COUNTY IN
1865, THE PERSONAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNOR ANDREW CURTIN IN
1861, A MEMBER OF THE PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FROM 1865 TO 1868, THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH, THE
PHILADELPHIA COUNTY RECORDER AND PENNSYLVANIA STATE TREASURER
IN 1885 AND WAS ELECTED TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE FROM 1887
THROUGH 1899 AND 1901 THROUGH 1904, REPRESENTING
PENNSYLVANIA.
(6) COLONEL QUAY DIED ON MAY 28, 1904, IN BEAVER COUNTY.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE CARRYING THE PENNSYLVANIA
TURNPIKE MAINLINE WESTBOUND OVER THE BEAVER RIVER AT MILE MARKER
13.2 IN BEAVER COUNTY IS DESIGNATED AS THE COLONEL MATTHEW S.
QUAY MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE COMMISSION SHALL ERECT
AND MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE
TO TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.
SECTION 32. SERGEANT JACKIE SELTZER MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) SERGEANT JACKIE SELTZER WAS BORN AUGUST 26, 1946, IN
WEST READING AND WAS A RESIDENT OF HAMBURG BOROUGH, BERKS
COUNTY.
(2) SERGEANT SELTZER WAS DRAFTED INTO THE UNITED STATES
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ARMY AND BECAME A MEMBER OF COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 18TH
INFANTRY REGIMENT, 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION.
(3) ON MAY 12, 1968, SERGEANT SELTZER WAS THE SQUAD
LEADER OF A RECONNAISSANCE FORCE WHICH WAS PINNED DOWN IN A
SWAMP IN PHU LOI AFTER ENCOUNTERING A HIDDEN BUNKER AND A
LARGE GROUP OF VIET CONG. AFTER LOCATING THE BUNKER, SERGEANT
SELTZER CHARGED AND DESTROYED THE BUNKER WITH GRENADES,
KILLING SEVERAL ENEMY SOLDIERS.
(4) AFTER DESTROYING THE BUNKER, 21-YEAR-OLD SERGEANT
SELTZER WAS RETURNING TO EVACUATE THE WOUNDED WHEN HE WAS
STRUCK BY SMALL ARMS FIRE AND KILLED.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
68136, CARRYING STATE ROUTE 4028 OVER MILL CREEK IN HAMBURG
BOROUGH, BERKS COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE SERGEANT JACKIE SELTZER
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 33. ENSIGN SARAH MITCHELL MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) SARAH JOY MITCHELL WAS BORN IN MEADOWBROOK TO JOHN
AND BETSY MCCLAY MITCHELL.
(2) A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF OAKFORD, ENSIGN MITCHELL WAS
A 2013 GRADUATE OF NESHAMINY HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE SHE
PARTICIPATED IN FIELD HOCKEY, BASKETBALL AND TRACK AND FIELD.
(3) ENSIGN MITCHELL FURTHERED HER EDUCATION AT THE
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY, WHERE
SHE SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE NAVAL RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING
CORPS OF CADETS AND EARNED A DEGREE IN 2017.
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(5) ENSIGN MITCHELL SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY
WITH HONOR, PRIDE, LOYALTY AND DISTINCTION.
(6) ENSIGN MITCHELL MADE THE GREATEST OF ALL SACRIFICES
IN DEFENSE OF THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM, PASSING AWAY IN THE LINE
OF DUTY AT 23 YEARS OF AGE ON JULY 8, 2018.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
52786, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 213 OVER THE NESHAMINY CREEK
IN LOWER SOUTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP, BUCKS COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE
ENSIGN SARAH MITCHELL 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 34. STAFF SERGEANT PETER P. ABROMOVICH MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) PETER P. ABROMOVICH WAS BORN NOVEMBER 19, 1917, IN
ARCADIA, INDIANA COUNTY.
(2) HE ENLISTED DURING WORLD WAR II, SERVED IN THE
UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE UNTIL 1945 AND ROSE TO THE RANK
OF STAFF SERGEANT.
(3) DURING HIS TIME IN THE MILITARY, STAFF SGT.
ABROMOVICH FLEW MORE THAN 50 BOMBING MISSIONS OVER EUROPE AND
THE PACIFIC SERVING AS THE TAIL GUNNER AND NOSE GUNNER ON A
B24 LIBERATOR.
(4) STAFF SGT. ABROMOVICH'S MISSIONS INCLUDED FLYING
OVER PAPUA, NEW GUINEA, THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, CENTRAL EUROPE
AND SOUTHERN FRANCE.
(5) FOR HIS VALIANT SERVICE, STAFF SGT. ABROMOVICH WAS
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UNIT BADGE, THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE ASIATIC PACIFIC
CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE AIR MEDAL WITH FOUR BRONZE OAK LEAF
CLUSTERS.
(6) AFTER HIS COMMENDABLE SERVICE, STAFF SGT. ABROMOVICH
LIVED IN BARNESBORO, CAMBRIA COUNTY, WHERE HE MARRIED AND HAD
SEVEN CHILDREN AND FIVE GRANDCHILDREN.
(7) STAFF SGT. ABROMOVICH PASSED AWAY JULY 25, 1997, AT
79 YEARS OF AGE, SURROUNDED BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
47666, CARRYING U.S. ROUTE 219 OVER THE WEST BRANCH SUSQUEHANNA
RIVER IN SUSQUEHANNA TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE
STAFF SERGEANT PETER P. ABROMOVICH 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 35. CORPORAL JAMES R. BECK USMC MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) JAMES ROBERT BECK WAS BORN MARCH 22, 1948, IN
CRESSON, CAMBRIA COUNTY.
(2) CPL. JAMES R. BECK SERVED IN THE VIETNAM WAR WITH
THE D COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION, 1ST MARINES, 1ST MARINE
DIVISION.
(3) ON OCTOBER 23, 1968, CORPORAL JAMES R. BECK BRAVELY
GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY. HE WAS KILLED IN AN EXPLOSION
IN THE QUANG NAM PROVINCE OF SOUTH VIETNAM.
(4) CPL. JAMES R. BECK IS HONORED ON THE VIETNAM
VETERANS MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON, DC. HIS NAME IS INSCRIBED ON
PANEL 40W, LINE 23.
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JAMES R. BECK WAS AWARDED THE COMBAT ACTION RIBBON,
MARKSMANSHIP BADGE, NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, VIETNAM
SERVICE MEDAL, VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL, MARINE CORPS
PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION, VIETNAM GALLANTRY CROSS, MARINE
CORPS EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL, MARINE CORPS GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL
AND THE PURPLE HEART.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
48914, CARRYING GALLITZIN ROAD, STATE ROUTE 53, OVER NORFOLK
SOUTHERN RAILROAD, LOCATED IN GALLITZIN TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA
COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE CORPORAL JAMES R. BECK USMC
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 36. PRIVATE PHILIP A. WATT MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDING.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) PHILIP A. WATT WAS BORN MAY 21, 1921, IN ASHVILLE.
(2) PHILIP ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY ON JUNE
11, 1942, IN PITTSBURGH.
(3) PRIVATE WATTS LEFT THE UNITED STATES FOR FOREIGN
SERVICE ON JANUARY 14, 1943, AND WAS A MEMBER OF HEADQUARTERS
COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION, 13TH ARMORED REGIMENT, 1ST ARMORED
DIVISION.
(4) ON MAY 23, 1944, THE 13TH ARMORED REGIMENT WAS SENT
TO ANZIO, ITALY, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BATTLE OF ANZIO.
(5) ON MAY 30, 1944, PRIVATE WATT WAS KILLED IN ACTION
AROUND ANZIO AND WAS AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART FOR HIS SERVICE
ALONG WITH THE ARMY PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION AND THE ARMY
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(6) PRIVATE WATT IS BURIED IN THE SICILY-ROME AMERICAN
CEMETERY IN NETTUNO, ITALY.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
52761, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 53 OVER CLEARFIELD CREEK IN
GALLITZIN TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE PRIVATE
PHILIP A. WATT MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO
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SECTION 37. PFC PAUL O. MALZI AND PFC HARRY R. MALZI MEMORIAL
BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) PAUL O. MALZI AND HARRY R. MALZI WERE BORN IN
JOHNSTOWN ON DECEMBER 24, 1916, AND MARCH 29, 1918,
RESPECTIVELY.
(2) BOTH THE MALZI BROTHERS ENLISTED IN THE UNITED
STATES ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II.
(3) PRIVATE FIRST CLASS PAUL MALZI WAS A MEMBER OF
COMPANY E, 318TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 80TH INFANTRY DIVISION
SERVING FROM MARCH 17, 1944, TO NOVEMBER 8, 1944.
(4) ON NOVEMBER 8, 1944, PRIVATE FIRST CLASS PAUL MALZI
WAS KILLED IN ACTION WHILE INVOLVED IN OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS
IN ROUVES, FRANCE, AND WAS AWARDED THE WORLD WAR II VICTORY
MEDAL, THE WORLD WAR II SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON, THE EUROPEAN-
AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH ONE BRONZE SERVICE
STAR AND THE PURPLE HEART.
(5) PRIVATE FIRST CLASS PAUL MALZI IS BURIED IN PLOT C
ROW 11 GRAVE 28, AT THE LORRAINE AMERICAN CEMETERY, ST.
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(6) PRIVATE FIRST CLASS HARRY MALZI WAS A MEMBER OF AN
ANTI-TANK COMPANY, 329TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 83RD INFANTRY
DIVISION SERVING FROM FEBRUARY 15, 1943, TO NOVEMBER 27,
1945.
(7) PRIVATE FIRST CLASS HARRY MALZI WAS KILLED IN A
VEHICLE ACCIDENT WHILE ON OCCUPATION DUTY IN LAMBACH,
AUSTRIA, AND WAS AWARDED THE WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL, THE
WORLD WAR II SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON AND THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-
MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL.
(8) PRIVATE FIRST CLASS HARRY MALZI IS BURIED IN
RICHLAND CEMETERY IN JOHNSTOWN.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 8645,
CARRYING GALLERIA DRIVE (STATE ROUTE 3031) OVER U.S. ROUTE 219
IN RICHLAND TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE PFC PAUL
O. MALZI AND PFC HARRY R. MALZI MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
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SECTION 38. OSCEOLA MILLS WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) THIS COMMONWEALTH AND THE NATION ARE INDEBTED TO THE
VETERANS OF OSCEOLA MILLS, CLEARFIELD COUNTY, FOR THEIR
BRAVERY, HEROISM AND SACRIFICE DURING THEIR SERVICE IN WORLD
WAR II.
(2) THIRTY-FIVE OSCEOLA MILLS RESIDENTS LOST THEIR LIVES
IN WORLD WAR II, THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF ANY COMMUNITY IN
THE UNITED STATES.
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DURING WORLD WAR II.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 9755,
CARRYING STATE ROUTE 3027 OVER THE MOSHANNON CREEK IN RUSH
TOWNSHIP, CENTRE COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE OSCEOLA MILLS
WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO
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SECTION 39. SARAH "MARIE" BLOSE RORABAUGH MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) SARAH "MARIE" BLOSE RORABAUGH WAS BORN DECEMBER 6,
1919, IN MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP, INDIANA COUNTY.
(2) SHE GRADUATED FROM MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP "ARCADIA"
HIGH SCHOOL IN 1935 AT 16 YEARS OF AGE.
(3) SHE WENT ON TO PURSUE A TEACHING DEGREE FROM INDIANA
STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, NOW KNOWN AS INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF
PENNSYLVANIA, AND GRADUATED IN 1938.
(4) MS. RORABAUGH JOINED THE WOMEN ACCEPTED FOR
VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY SERVICE, KNOWN AS WAVES, ON AUGUST 24,
1944, AND SERVED DURING WORLD WAR II AS A MAILMAN 3RD CLASS.
(5) SHE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND WAS AWARDED THE
RIBBON OF VICTORY MEDAL FOR HER SERVICE.
(6) MS. RORABAUGH PASSED AWAY AT HER HOME ON MAY 31,
2010, IN BURNSIDE TOWNSHIP, CLEARFIELD COUNTY.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
11380, CARRYING U.S. ROUTE 219 OVER THE WEST BRANCH SUSQUEHANNA
RIVER IN BURNSIDE BOROUGH, CLEARFIELD COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE
SARAH "MARIE" BLOSE RORABAUGH MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
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SECTION 40. SERGEANT JOHN HAROLD BRANIC MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) JOHN HAROLD BRANIC WAS BORN APRIL 4, 1916, IN
MADERA, CLEARFIELD COUNTY.
(2) SERGEANT BRANIC ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE
CORPS AT THE START OF WORLD WAR II AFTER GRADUATING HIGH
SCHOOL AND WAS A MEMBER OF L COMPANY, 3RD BATTALION, 5TH
MARINES.
(3) ON AUGUST 18, 1942, THE MARINES FROM L COMPANY, 3RD
BATTALION, 5TH MARINES BEGAN A COMBAT PATROL ON GUADALCANAL
THAT BECAME KNOWN AS MATANIKAU ONE.
(4) THE MARINES PROBED SIX MILES WESTWARD TO THE
MATANIKAU RIVER WHERE, ON AUGUST 19, 1942, THE JAPANESE
SPOTTED THE MARINES ATOP HILL 73 AND DIRECTED MORTARS AND
SMALL ARMS FIRE AGAINST THEM.
(5) DURING THIS ATTACK, SERGEANT BRANIC WAS KILLED BUT
THE MARINES COUNTERATTACKED AND SUCCEEDED IN DRIVING THE
JAPANESE BACK.
(6) THE LOCATION OF SERGEANT BRANIC'S REMAINS WERE NOT
REPORTED TO HEADQUARTERS AS THE L COMPANY EXECUTIVE OFFICER
WAS ALSO KILLED DURING THE ACTION.
(7) ON AUGUST 19, 1942, SERGEANT BRANIC WAS OFFICIALLY
DECLARED DEAD AND EARNED THE PURPLE HEART POSTHUMOUSLY,
ALTHOUGH HIS BODY WAS NEVER RECOVERED AND HE WAS OFFICIALLY
LISTED AS MISSING IN ACTION.
(8) SERGEANT BRANIC WAS MEMORIALIZED AT MANILA AMERICAN
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(9) IN 1992, WORK COMMENCED AT THE GUADALCANAL MEMORIAL
ON THE SKYLINE RIDGE ATOP HILL 73 AND, DURING THE EXCAVATION,
THE REMAINS OF A MARINE WERE FOUND WITH A RING WITH THE
INITIALS J.H.B. ON THE BAND.
(10) THE REMAINS WERE RECOVERED AND TRANSPORTED TO
HAWAII WHERE, IN 2004, AN AMERICAN RESEARCHER WITH THE FIRST
MARINE DIVISION ASSOCIATION REPORTED THAT A SOLOMON ISLANDER
HAD POSSESSION OF THE RING WITH THE INSCRIPTION J.H.B.
(11) JOINT POW/MIA ACCOUNTING AGENCY SCIENTISTS AND
ARMED FORCES DNA IDENTIFICATION SPECIALISTS USED
MITOCHONDRIAL DNA TO IDENTIFY THE REMAINS OF SERGEANT BRANIC
AND HE WAS NO LONGER CONSIDERED MISSING IN ACTION.
(12) SERGEANT BRANIC WAS THE FIRST MADERA RESIDENT TO BE
KILLED DURING WORLD WAR II.
(13) ON AUGUST 9, 2006, SERGEANT BRANIC WAS LAID TO REST
IN ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
11226, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 53 OVER THE CLEARFIELD CREEK
IN BIGLER TOWNSHIP, CLEARFIELD COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE
SERGEANT JOHN HAROLD BRANIC MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
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SECTION 41. MAJOR GENERAL HAROLD "HARRY" GREENE MEMORIAL
BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) MAJOR GENERAL HAROLD "HARRY" GREENE WAS BORN
FEBRUARY 11, 1959, IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.
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(2) MAJOR GENERAL GREENE GRADUATED FROM THE UNITED
STATES ARMY WAR COLLEGE IN CARLISLE IN 2002 WITH A MASTERS OF
STRATEGIC STUDIES DEGREE.
(3) MAJOR GENERAL GREENE AND HIS FAMILY CALLED CARLISLE
HOME FOR MORE THAN EIGHT YEARS FROM 2002 TO 2010.
(4) IN JANUARY 2014, MAJOR GENERAL GREENE WAS NAMED
DEPUTY COMMANDER OF THE COMBINED SECURITY TRANSITION COMMAND
IN AFGHANISTAN.
(5) ON AUGUST 5, 2014, MAJOR GENERAL GREENE WAS KILLED
IN AN ATTACK WHILE VISITING CAMP QARGHA'S MARSHAL FAHIM
NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY IN KABUL.
(6) MAJOR GENERAL GREENE IS THE HIGHEST-RANKING AMERICAN
OFFICER TO BE KILLED ON FOREIGN SOIL SINCE 1972.
(7) MAJOR GENERAL GREENE RECEIVED THE ARMY DISTINGUISHED
SERVICE MEDAL, LEGION OF MERIT AND PURPLE HEART FOR HIS
SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY.
(8) MAJOR GENERAL GREENE WAS LAID TO REST AT ARLINGTON
NATIONAL CEMETERY ON AUGUST 14, 2014.
(9) MAJOR GENERAL GREENE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, SUE,
SON, MATTHEW AND DAUGHTER, AMELIA.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
13685, CARRYING ARMY HERITAGE DRIVE OVER INTERSTATE 81 IN
MIDDLESEX TOWNSHIP, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE MAJOR
GENERAL HAROLD "HARRY" GREENE 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 42. PVT. CLYDE C. MCVITTY MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
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(1) CLYDE C. MCVITTY WAS BORN JANUARY 29, 1923, IN
AMBERSON.
(2) PVT. MCVITTY ATTENDED GRAMMAR SCHOOL IN THE
CHAMBERSBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT.
(3) PVT. MCVITTY ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY ON
FEBRUARY 13, 1943, AND WAS TRAINED AT CAMP WHEELER AND FORT
BENNING, GEORGIA.
(4) PVT. MCVITTY SERVED WITH THE 504TH PARACHUTE
INFANTRY REGIMENT, 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION.
(5) PVT. MCVITTY LEFT FOR OVERSEAS DUTY IN JULY 1943,
INITIALLY BEING STATIONED IN AFRICA, AND THEN LATER IN ANZIO,
ITALY.
(6) PVT. MCVITTY WAS KILLED IN ACTION FEBRUARY 9, 1944,
ON THE ANZIO BEACH HEAD IN ITALY.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
56021, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 997 OVER CONODOGUINET CREEK
IN LETTERKENNY TOWNSHIP, FRANKLIN COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE PVT.
CLYDE C. MCVITTY 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 43. H. RONALD HOSKINSON MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) H. RONALD HOSKINSON WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 2, 1941, IN
MT. MORRIS AND WAS A RESIDENT OF MT. MORRIS, PERRY TOWNSHIP,
GREENE COUNTY.
(2) SPECIALIST HOSKINSON WAS DRAFTED INTO THE UNITED
STATES ARMY AND BECAME A MEMBER OF COMPANY B, 2ND BATTALION,
2ND INFANTRY REGIMENT, 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION RISING TO THE
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(3) ON DECEMBER 13, 1965, SPECIALIST HOSKINSON WAS
KILLED IN ACTION AT 24 YEARS OF AGE.
(4) FOR HIS VALIANT SERVICE, SPECIALIST HOSKINSON WAS
AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART AND THE NATIONAL DEFENSE, VIETNAM
SERVICE AND VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDALS.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
18248, CARRYING STATE ROUTE 2003 OVER DUNKARD CREEK IN MT.
MORRIS, PERRY TOWNSHIP, GREENE COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE H.
RONALD HOSKINSON MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO
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SECTION 44. PRIVATE SAMUEL H. THOMPSON MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) SAMUEL H. THOMPSON WAS BORN IN COALMONT BOROUGH,
HUNTINGDON COUNTY, ON AUGUST 22, 1913.
(2) PRIVATE THOMPSON ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY
AIR FORCES DURING WORLD WAR II.
(3) PRIVATE THOMPSON SERVED IN THE PHILIPPINES DURING
WORLD WAR II IN THE 20TH AIR BASE GROUP ATTACHED TO THE 28TH
MATERIEL SQUADRON.
(4) PRIVATE THOMPSON WAS CAPTURED DURING THE BATTLE OF
THE PHILIPPINES AFTER THE FALL OF CORREGIDOR ISLAND TO THE
JAPANESE IN EARLY 1942.
(5) PRIVATE THOMPSON WAS SENT TO THE CABANATUAN PRISONER
OF WAR CAMP IN CENTRAL LUZON, PHILIPPINES, WHERE HE DIED OF
ILLNESS AND MALNUTRITION ON OCTOBER 29, 1942, AT 29 YEARS OF
AGE.
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209, AT THE MANILA AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL IN MANILA,
PHILIPPINES.
(7) FOR HIS VALIANT SERVICE, PRIVATE THOMPSON WAS
AWARDED THE PRISONER OF WAR MEDAL, WORLD WAR II VICTORY
MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ARMY PRESIDENTIAL UNIT
CITATION, ARMY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC
CAMPAIGN MEDAL.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
52783, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 913 OVER SHOUP RUN IN
COALMONT BOROUGH, HUNTINGDON COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE PRIVATE
SAMUEL H. THOMPSON MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO
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SECTION 45. STAFF SERGEANT WILLIAM STIVISON MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AS FOLLOWS:
(1) STAFF SERGEANT WILLIAM J. STIVISON WAS BORN JULY 19,
1919, IN HOMER CITY, INDIANA COUNTY.
(2) STAFF SERGEANT STIVISON ATTENDED HOMER CITY HIGH
SCHOOL AND LATER THE BLISS ELECTRICIAN SCHOOL.
(3) IN 1935, STAFF SERGEANT STIVISON JOINED THE NATIONAL
GUARD AND THEN, IN 1941, HE JOINED THE UNITED STATES ARMY
WHERE HE BECAME A STAFF SERGEANT AND SECTION LEADER AND A
MEMBER OF THE 2ND RANGER INFANTRY BATTALION.
(4) ON MARCH 30, 1945, STAFF SERGEANT STIVISON
ENCOUNTERED SURPRISE ENEMY FIRE WHILE MOVING INTO POSITION IN
GERMANY. STAFF SERGEANT STIVISON LED HIS PLATOON IN AN ATTACK
SO RAPID AND DETERMINED THAT THE OUTER DEFENSES OF THE ENEMY
WERE SPEEDILY OVERWHELMED.
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DEMOLISHED A MACHINE GUN NEST AND KILLED NINE ENEMY SOLDIERS
AND CONTINUED TO ATTACK TOWARD THE INNER DEFENSES. WHEN HIS
PLATOON WAS PINNED DOWN BY ENEMY MACHINE GUN FIRE FROM
COMMANDING GROUND ON BOTH FLANKS, STAFF SERGEANT STIVISON
COMPLETELY IGNORED PERSONAL SAFETY, TWICE EXPOSING HIMSELF TO
HEAVY ENEMY FIRE TO CARRY WOUNDED MEN TO COVER.
(6) WHEN HIS PLATOON WAS ORDERED TO WITHDRAW, STAFF
SERGEANT STIVISON REMAINED TO DRAW THE FIRE OF THE ENEMY AWAY
WHILE HIS COMRADES WITHDREW.
(7) FOR HIS BRAVERY, STAFF SERGEANT STIVISON RECEIVED
THE SILVER STAR, BRONZE STAR AND TWO PURPLE HEARTS WITH TWO
OAK CLUSTERS.
(8) AFTER THE WAR, STAFF SERGEANT STIVISON SPENT HIS
LIFETIME VOLUNTEERING WITH HIS LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT,
FISHING, HUNTING, CAMPING AND SQUARE DANCING.
(9) ON APRIL 2, 2007, STAFF SERGEANT STIVISON DIED IN
HIS SLEEP AT HIS HOME IN HOMER CITY, INDIANA COUNTY.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
68411, CARRYING JACKSONVILLE ROAD (STATE ROUTE 3016) OVER TWO
LICK CREEK IN HOMER CITY, INDIANA COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE
STAFF SERGEANT WILLIAM STIVISON MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO
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SECTION 46. STAFF SERGEANT WILLIAM WILL MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) STAFF SERGEANT WILLIAM ANTHONY WILL WAS BORN AUGUST
4, 1941, IN DRAVOSBURG BOROUGH, ALLEGHENY COUNTY.
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STATES ARMY WHERE HE BECAME A DECORATED MEMBER OF THE GREEN
BERET SPECIAL FORCES UNIT.
(3) STAFF SERGEANT WILL SERVED TOURS OF DUTY IN LAOS AND
SOUTH VIETNAM WHERE IN 1964 HE AND TWO OTHER AMERICAN
SOLDIERS WERE CAPTURED BY THE VIET CONG. AFTER RETURNING
SAFELY TO HIS OWN TROOPS, STAFF SERGEANT WILL WAS AWARDED THE
ARMY COMMENDATION MEDAL ON JANUARY 8, 1965, AT FORT BRAGG,
NORTH CAROLINA.
(4) ON JULY 5, 1966, 24-YEAR-OLD STAFF SERGEANT WILL WAS
ON A COMBAT MISSION AGAINST ENEMY FORCES WHEN HE WAS KILLED
BY SMALL ARMS FIRE.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
67935, CARRYING STATE ROUTE 1015 OVER THE RAYSTOWN BRANCH OF THE
JUNIATA RIVER IN ALLEGHENY TOWNSHIP, SOMERSET COUNTY, IS
DESIGNATED AS THE STAFF SERGEANT WILLIAM WILL MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
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SECTION 47. SEAMAN FIRST CLASS RAYMOND KOZIK MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) RAYMOND KOZIK WAS BORN IN 1925 IN CAIRNBROOK,
SOMERSET COUNTY.
(2) SEAMAN FIRST CLASS KOZIK SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES
NAVY ON THE USS INDIANAPOLIS, STATIONED IN WATERS OFF THE
COAST OF GUAM IN THE PHILIPPINE SEA.
(3) ON JULY 30, 1945, THE USS INDIANAPOLIS WAS TORPEDOED
AND SUNK BY THE JAPANESE NAVY.
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CLASS KOZIK SURVIVED THE INITIAL BLAST, FLOATING WITH ONLY A
KAPOK LIFE VEST IN A GROUP OF 175 SURVIVORS.
(5) SEAMAN FIRST CLASS KOZIK DIED ON THE FOURTH DAY
AFTER THE ATTACK, ONE DAY BEFORE RESCUE EFFORTS SAVED THE
REMAINING 63 SEAMEN.
(6) TO DATE, THE ATTACK ON THE USS INDIANAPOLIS IS THE
WORST NAVAL DISASTER AT SEA IN UNITED STATES HISTORY.
(7) SEAMAN FIRST CLASS KOZIK IS MEMORIALIZED ON THE WALL
OF THE MISSING IN THE MANILA AMERICAN CEMETERY IN MANILA,
PHILIPPINES.
(8) FOR HIS VALIANT SERVICE, SEAMAN FIRST CLASS KOZIK
WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE NAVY EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL, COMBAT
ACTION RIBBON, WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN
MEDAL, NAVY PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION, NAVY GOOD CONDUCT
MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE PURPLE HEART.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
31544, CARRYING STATE ROUTE 1016 OVER THE DARK SHADE CREEK IN
SHADE TOWNSHIP, SOMERSET COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE SEAMAN FIRST
CLASS RAYMOND KOZIK MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO
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SECTION 48. KENNETH J. NEWCOMER MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) KENNETH J. NEWCOMER WAS BORN IN 1921 IN JEROME,
SOMERSET COUNTY, TO JOHN AND EDNA NEWCOMER.
(2) MR. NEWCOMER WAS ONE OF NINE CHILDREN AND ONE OF
FOUR BROTHERS THAT SERVED IN WORLD WAR II.
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(3) MR. NEWCOMER ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES MILITARY
IN JANUARY 1944.
(4) MR. NEWCOMER WAS ASSIGNED TO THE SECOND ENGINEER
COMBAT BATTALION, COMPANY C IN THE EUROPEAN THEATRE.
(5) MR. NEWCOMER WAS TRAINED AS A COMBAT ENGINEER AND
ROSE TO THE RANK OF TECHNICIAN GRADE 5.
(6) MR. NEWCOMER LANDED IN MAINLAND EUROPE ON D-DAY AND
RECEIVED THE SILVER STAR FOR BRAVERY UNDER FIRE DURING THE
BATTLE FOR HILL 192 DURING JUNE 1944.
(7) MR. NEWCOMER WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON OCTOBER 9,
1944, IN BELGIUM.
(8) IN ADDITION TO HIS MILITARY SERVICE, MR. NEWCOMER
SERVED IN THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS AS A TEENAGER.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
31426, CARRYING EAST CAMPUS AVENUE OVER U.S. ROUTE 219 IN
CONEMAUGH TOWNSHIP, SOMERSET COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE KENNETH
J. NEWCOMER MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO
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SECTION 49. S2 EARL J. PETERS MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) EARL J. PETERS WAS BORN AUGUST 2, 1910, IN
MARKLETON, SOMERSET COUNTY.
(2) MR. PETERS WAS AN S2 IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY,
SERVING ON THE U.S.S. INDIANAPOLIS FROM JANUARY 25, 1944, TO
JULY 30, 1945.
(3) THE U.S.S. INDIANAPOLIS'S LAST MISSION WAS TO CARRY
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(4) ON JULY 30, 1945, THE U.S.S. INDIANAPOLIS FELL
VICTIM TO A JAPANESE SUBMARINE.
(5) WITHIN 12 MINUTES, 330 MEMBERS OF THE SHIP'S CREW
WERE LOST WITH THE SHIP AND THE REST, SOME 860 MEN, WERE LEFT
IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
(6) MR. PETERS WAS AMONG THE CASUALTIES IN THE ATTACK.
(7) FOR THE NEXT FIVE DAYS, WITHOUT FOOD OR WATER, THE
REMAINING CREW BATTLED THE ELEMENTS, DODGED SHARK ATTACKS AND
CLUNG TO LIFE AS BEST AS THEY COULD.
(8) THE SINKING OF THE U.S.S. INDIANAPOLIS WAS THE
GREATEST SINGLE LOSS OF LIFE AT SEA IN THE HISTORY OF THE
UNITED STATES NAVY, AS OUT OF THE 1,195 SAILORS AND MARINES
ON BOARD, ONLY 316 SURVIVED.
(9) MR. PETERS RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART, SILVER STAR
AND SILVER CROSS FOR HIS SACRIFICE.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
31696, CARRYING STATE ROUTE 3011 OVER THE CASSELMAN RIVER IN
BLACK TOWNSHIP, SOMERSET COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE S2 EARL J.
PETERS 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 50. STAFF SERGEANT ALVIN P. CAREY AND PRIVATE JOHN C.
EWING MEDAL OF HONOR MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) ALVIN P. CAREY WAS BORN AUGUST 16, 1916, IN
LYCIPPUS, WESTMORELAND COUNTY.
(2) MR. CAREY GRADUATED FROM LIGONIER HIGH SCHOOL IN
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(3) MR. CAREY ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY IN
JANUARY 1941, SHORTLY AFTER THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR.
(4) STAFF SERGEANT CAREY LANDED AT UTAH BEACH IN
NORMANDY ON JUNE 7, 1944, WITH THE 2ND INFANTRY DIVISION.
INITIALLY WOUNDED IN ACTION AND AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART, HE
RETURNED TO THE FRONT LINES TO FIGHT THE GERMANS IN BREST,
FRANCE. WHILE AT BREST, STAFF SERGEANT CAREY WAS MORTALLY
WOUNDED AFTER CRAWLING UP A FIRE-RIDDLED HILL ALONE TO TAKE
ON A GERMAN PILLBOX. DUE TO HIS BRAVE ACTIONS, THE ALLIED
SOLDIERS WERE ABLE TO QUICKLY TAKE OVER THE PILLBOX, LEADING
TO THE END OF AXIS CONTROL IN FRANCE.
(5) JOHN C. EWING WAS BORN MARCH 4, 1843, IN DONEGAL
TOWNSHIP, WESTMORELAND COUNTY.
(6) MR. EWING RECEIVED NO FORMAL EDUCATION AND WAS SELF-
TAUGHT.
(7) MR. EWING VOLUNTEERED FOR SERVICE WITH THE
PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY 211TH ON SEPTEMBER 12, 1864.
(8) PRIVATE EWING AND HIS REGIMENT TOOK PART IN THE
FINAL ASSAULTS ON CONFEDERATE POSITIONS IN PETERSBURG,
VIRGINIA. ON APRIL 2, 1865, HE ENGAGED IN HOSTILE HAND-TO-
HAND COMBAT, DURING WHICH HE CAPTURED THE FLAGS AT THE BATTLE
OF FIVE FORKS NEAR PETERSBURG. THE BATTLE WAS A KEY TURNING
POINT, AS IT CAUSED THE FALL OF RICHMOND AND LED TO THE
SURRENDER OF THE NORTHERN VIRGINIA ARMY.
(9) FOR THEIR BRAVERY, BOTH MEN WERE AWARDED THE
CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR. BOTH MEN ARE CONSIDERED
HOMETOWN HEROES TO MANY IN THE WESTMORELAND COUNTY COMMUNITY.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
36247, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 711 OVER LOYALHANNA CREEK IN
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STAFF SERGEANT ALVIN P. CAREY AND PRIVATE JOHN C. EWING MEDAL OF
HONOR MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO
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SECTION 51. 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
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.
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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.
(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
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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 52. SPECIAL AGENT TERRY R. ANDERSON MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) TERRY RAY ANDERSON WAS BORN IN WASHINGTON, IOWA, ON
JANUARY 19, 1924.
(2) SPECIAL AGENT ANDERSON ATTENDED COLLEGE AT DRAKE
UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME.
(3) SPECIAL AGENT ANDERSON ENLISTED IN THE MARINE CORPS
HIS SOPHOMORE YEAR OF COLLEGE DURING WORLD WAR II.
(4) SPECIAL AGENT ANDERSON SERVED IN THE MARINE CORPS
FOR TWO YEARS AND WAS DISCHARGED AS A LIEUTENANT.
(5) SPECIAL AGENT ANDERSON RETURNED TO IOWA IN 1947 AND
TAUGHT HISTORY AT DALLAS CENTER HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE HE ALSO
COACHED FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL AND TRACK.
(6) SPECIAL AGENT ANDERSON JOINED THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF
INVESTIGATION (FBI) IN 1951.
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(7) AFTER JOINING THE FBI, SPECIAL AGENT ANDERSON SPENT
HIS FIRST YEAR IN THE FBI'S CINCINNATI AND DAYTON, OHIO,
OFFICES, AND HE WAS LATER ASSIGNED TO THE PHILADELPHIA
DIVISION IN JANUARY 1952 AND SERVED IN THE MAIN OFFICE FOR
FOUR YEARS BEFORE BEING ASSIGNED AS A RESIDENT AGENT IN
HARRISBURG.
(8) SPECIAL AGENT ANDERSON LIVED IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
WITH HIS WIFE AND FOUR CHILDREN, WHERE HE WAS ACTIVE IN LOCAL
YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAMS, SUPPORTING HIS CHILDREN.
(9) ON MAY 17, 1966, SPECIAL AGENT ANDERSON WAS SHOT AND
KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY WHILE PURSUING A KIDNAPPED VICTIM
AND HER ABDUCTOR IN THE RUGGED MOUNTAIN TERRAIN NEAR SHADE
GAP, HUNTINGDON COUNTY.
(10) THE KIDNAPPED VICTIM WAS LATER RESCUED AND THE
ABDUCTOR WAS KILLED ON MAY 18, 1966.
(11) SPECIAL AGENT ANDERSON WAS LAID TO REST AT THE ELM
GROVE CEMETERY IN HIS HOMETOWN OF WASHINGTON, IOWA.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE PORTION OF U.S. ROUTE 522 FROM THE
INTERSECTION WITH MAIN STREET TO THE INTERSECTION WITH TOWN HILL
STREET IN SHADE GAP BOROUGH, HUNTINGDON COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED
THE SPECIAL AGENT TERRY R. ANDERSON MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE HIGHWAY TO
TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE HIGHWAY.
SECTION 53. ROBINDALE MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) THE TOWN OF ROBINDALE STANDS AS A TESTAMENT TO THE
INDOMITABLE SPIRIT AND RESILIENCE OF ITS RESIDENTS, HAVING
OVERCOME NUMEROUS CHALLENGES THROUGHOUT ITS STORIED HISTORY.
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(2) THE HEART OF THIS COMMUNITY WAS DEEPLY IMPACTED BY
TWO TRAGIC MINING ACCIDENTS THAT CLAIMED THE LIVES OF 11
DEDICATED COAL MINERS WHO TOILED TIRELESSLY TO SUPPORT THEIR
TOWN.
(3) IN ADDITION TO THIS PROFOUND LOSS, ROBINDALE HAS
VALIANTLY ENDURED THREE SEVERE FLOODS THAT TESTED THE METTLE
OF ITS RESIDENTS, DEMONSTRATING THEIR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT
TO PRESERVING THEIR BELOVED COMMUNITY.
(4) IT IS FITTING AND JUST TO RECOGNIZE THE SACRIFICES
OF THESE 11 BRAVE MINERS AND THE RESILIENCY OF THE ENTIRE
ROBINDALE COMMUNITY.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 2008 FROM THE
INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROUTE 2009 TO THE INTERSECTION WITH
PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 56 IN WEST WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP AND EAST
WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP, INDIANA COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE
ROBINDALE MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE DESIGNATED
HIGHWAY TO TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE HIGHWAY.
SECTION 54. WILLIAM F. QUINN MEMORIAL INTERCHANGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS THAT:
(1) WILLIAM F. QUINN WAS BORN APRIL 7, 1922, IN POCONO
LAKE WHERE HE LIVED ALL HIS LIFE.
(2) MR. QUINN SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY ARMED
GUARD DURING WORLD WAR II.
(3) AFTER THE WAR, MR. QUINN WAS A DEDICATED PUBLIC
SERVANT SERVING AS TOBYHANNA TOWNSHIP SUPERVISOR FROM 1950 TO
1959; ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT, THEN SUPERINTENDENT OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OF THE COMMONWEALTH, IN MONROE
COUNTY FROM 1966 TO 1971; AND A MONROE COUNTY COMMISSION FROM
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(4) MR. QUINN RECEIVED THE GOVERNOR'S MONTHLY AWARD FOR
EXCELLENCE IN SEPTEMBER 1969 AND IN JANUARY 1970 WAS
PRESENTED THE AWARD BY FORMER GOVERNOR RAY SCHAFER.
(5) MR. QUINN ALSO SERVED ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE FOR
JACK KEMP FOR PRESIDENT AND WAS AN ALTERNATE DELEGATE FOR THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY IN 1988 AND 1992.
(6) A COMMUNITY LEADER HIS ENTIRE LIFE, MR. QUINN WAS A
LIFE MEMBER AND PAST COMMANDER OF THE WILSON-FISCHER POST 413
AMERICAN LEGION, POCONO PINES, A 50 YEAR MEMBER, LIFE MEMBER
AND PAST PRESIDENT OF THE TOBYHANNA TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER FIRE
COMPANY, ACTIVE WITH THE TOBYHANNA VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORPS,
SERVED ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SALVATION ARMY, EAST
STROUDSBURG, BOARD MEMBER OF THE POCONO MOUNTAIN MUNICIPAL
AIRPORT AUTHORITY, MEMBER OF THE BPO ELKS 319, EAST
STROUDSBURG, AND A LIFE MEMBER AND PAST PRESIDENT OF THE
POCONO LIONS CLUB WHERE HE WAS ELECTED LION OF THE YEAR IN
1987.
(7) IN HIS FREE TIME, MR. QUINN WAS AN ACTIVE SPORTSMAN,
BEING AN AVID FISHERMAN AND HUNTER.
(8) MR. QUINN PASSED AWAY ON MAY 9, 2001, IN WILKES-
BARRE.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE INTERCHANGE OF INTERSTATE 380 WITH
PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 940 IN TOBYHANNA TOWNSHIP, MONROE COUNTY, IS
DESIGNATED THE WILLIAM F. QUINN MEMORIAL INTERCHANGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE
INTERCHANGE TO TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.
SECTION 55. SERGEANT CHARLES OWEN JENKINS, JR., MEMORIAL
BRIDGE.
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(1) SERGEANT CHARLES OWEN JENKINS, JR., WAS BORN JANUARY
14, 1941.
(2) SERGEANT JENKINS WAS A RESIDENT OF CLEARFIELD COUNTY
AND ATTENDED READE TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL.
(3) SERGEANT JENKINS ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY,
OBTAINING THE RANK OF SERGEANT AND SERVING DURING THE VIETNAM
WAR WHERE HE BEGAN HIS TOUR OF DUTY ON FEBRUARY 23, 1965.
(4) SERGEANT JENKINS' MILITARY OCCUPATION OR SPECIALTY
WAS LIGHT WEAPONS INFANTRY, AND HE WAS ATTACHED TO THE
SPECIAL FORCES, 5TH SPECIAL FORCES GROUP, A5 414.
(5) DURING HIS SERVICE IN THE VIETNAM WAR, SERGEANT
JENKINS WAS REPORTED MISSING NEAR DONG XOAI, PHUOC LONG
PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM, AND DECLARED DEAD ON JUNE 10, 1965.
(6) FOR HIS BRAVERY AND SACRIFICE, SERGEANT JENKINS WAS
AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART, BRONZE STAR AND SOUTH VIETNAM
GALLANTRY CROSS.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 8574,
CARRYING STATE ROUTE 1021 OVER CLEARFIELD CREEK IN WHITE
TOWNSHIP, CAMBRIA COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE SERGEANT CHARLES
OWEN JENKINS, JR., 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 56. TERRY D. TACKETT JR. MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) TERRY D. TACKETT, JR., WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 28, 1990,
AT OHIO VALLEY HOSPITAL IN MCKEES ROCKS.
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(3) MR. TACKETT LOVED HELPING PEOPLE ANY WAY HE COULD
AND ENJOYED SAVING LIVES AS A VOLUNTEER FIREMAN.
(4) MR. TACKETT WAS KNOWN AS A SELFLESS, CARING AND
COURAGEOUS INDIVIDUAL WHO WOULD SACRIFICE HIS OWN WELL-BEING
TO COME TO THE AID OF OTHERS.
(5) MR. TACKETT LOVED AMA DIRT BIKE RACING, KAYAKING,
CAMPING AND SPENDING TIME WITH HIS BELOVED FAMILY.
(6) MR. TACKETT PASSED AWAY ON OCTOBER 19, 2022, IN A
VEHICULAR ACCIDENT.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, CARRYING THE PENNSYLVANIA
TURNPIKE 576 SOUTHERN BELTWAY EASTBOUND AND WESTBOUND OVER
PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 980 AT MILE MARKER S-12.35, IS DESIGNATED THE
TERRY D. TACKETT JR. MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE COMMISSION SHALL ERECT
AND MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE
TO TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.
SECTION 57. CORPORAL WILLIAM E. HEILMAN MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) WILLIAM EMORY HEILMAN WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 11, 1947,
IN YORK COUNTY.
(2) CORPORAL HEILMAN ENTERED THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED
STATES MARINE CORPS ON MAY 26, 1966, DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.
(3) CORPORAL HEILMAN SERVED IN THE THIRD MARINE
AMPHIBIOUS FORCE, H&S COMPANY.
(4) CORPORAL HEILMAN SERVED IN VIETNAM FOR EIGHT MONTHS
UNTIL HE WAS STRUCK BY AN ARTILLERY ROCKET MORTAR ON MAY 5,
1968.
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(6) FOR HIS VALIANT SERVICE, CORPORAL HEILMAN WAS
AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART, COMBAT ACTION RIBBON, NATIONAL
DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL, VIETNAM
SERVICE MEDAL, MARINE CORPS PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION,
VIETNAM GALLANTRY CROSS, MARINE CORPS GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND
MARINE CORPS EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
56737, CARRYING PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 74 OVER THE LITTLE CONEWAGO
CREEK IN DOVER TOWNSHIP, YORK COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE CORPORAL
WILLIAM E. HEILMAN 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 22 58. REPEALS.
REPEALS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
(1) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECLARES THAT THE REPEAL UNDER
PARAGRAPH (2) IS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE DESIGNATION
UNDER SECTION 5.
(2) SECTION 14 OF THE ACT OF OCTOBER 23, 2023 (P.L.81,
NO.17), IS REPEALED.
(3) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECLARES THAT THE REPEAL UNDER
PARAGRAPH (4) IS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE DESIGNATION
UNDER SECTION 6.
(4) SECTION 53 OF THE ACT OF OCTOBER 23, 2023 (P.L.81,
NO.17), IS REPEALED.
(5) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECLARES THAT THE REPEAL UNDER
PARAGRAPH (6) IS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE DESIGNATION
UNDER SECTION 7.
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(6) SECTION 54 OF THE ACT OF OCTOBER 23, 2023 (P.L.81,
NO.17), IS REPEALED.
(7) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECLARES THAT THE REPEAL UNDER
PARAGRAPH (8) IS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE DESIGNATION
UNDER SECTION 16.
(8) SECTION 2 OF THE ACT OF DECEMBER 20, 2015 (P.L.490,
NO.87), IS REPEALED.
(9) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECLARES THAT THE REPEAL UNDER
PARAGRAPH (10) IS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE DESIGNATION
UNDER SECTION 17.
(10) THE ACT OF MARCH 14, 2012 (P.L.207, NO.19), IS
REPEALED.
(11) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECLARES THAT THE REPEAL UNDER
PARAGRAPH (12) IS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE DESIGNATION
UNDER SECTION 27.
(12) SECTION 21 OF THE ACT OF NOVEMBER 3, 2022
(P.L.2028, NO.140), IS REPEALED.
(13) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECLARES THAT THE REPEAL UNDER
PARAGRAPH (14) IS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE DESIGNATION
UNDER SECTION 50.
(14) SECTION 6 OF THE ACT OF OCTOBER 23, 2023 (P.L.81,
NO.17), IS REPEALED.
(15) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECLARES THAT THE REPEAL UNDER
PARAGRAPH (16) IS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE DESIGNATION
UNDER SECTION 55.
(16) SECTION 31 OF THE ACT OF OCTOBER 23, 2023 (P.L.81,
NO.17), IS REPEALED.
SECTION 23 59. EFFECTIVE DATE.
THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IN 60 DAYS.
THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT AS FOLLOWS:
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(1) THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS SHALL TAKE EFFECT
IMMEDIATELY:
(I) SECTIONS 55 AND 58(15) AND (16).
(II) THIS SECTION.
(2) SECTIONS 9 30 AND 10 31 SHALL TAKE EFFECT JANUARY 1,
2027.
(3) SECTION 56 SHALL TAKE EFFECT IN 90 DAYS.
(4) THE REMAINDER OF THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IN 60
DAYS.
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