Bill Text: CA ACR60 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: The Medal of Honor Recipient Larry Stanley Pierce

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2009-07-13 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 68, Statutes of 2009. [ACR60 Detail]

Download: California-2009-ACR60-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: ACR 60	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  68
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 13, 2009
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  JUNE 29, 2009
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 6, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 11, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gilmore

                        APRIL 13, 2009

   Relative to the Larry Stanley Pierce Memorial Highway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 60, Gilmore. The Medal of Honor Recipient Larry Stanley Pierce
Memorial Highway.
   This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway
Route 46 as the Medal of Honor Recipient Larry Stanley Pierce
Memorial Highway. The measure would also request the Department of
Transportation to determine the cost for appropriate signs showing
this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.



   WHEREAS, Larry Stanley Pierce was born on July 6, 1941, in Wewoka,
Oklahoma; and
   WHEREAS, In 1958, Larry Stanley Pierce enlisted in the United
States Army, where he rose to the rank of Staff Sergeant and served
in the 1st Battalion of the 173rd Airborne Brigade; and
   WHEREAS, Larry Stanley Pierce served his country in the Republic
of Vietnam during the Vietnam War and was assigned as a squad leader
in charge of a reconnaissance platoon; and
   WHEREAS, On September 20, 1965, Larry Stanley Pierce and his
platoon were ambushed by hostile forces with machinegun fire; and
   WHEREAS, Larry Stanley Pierce and his platoon routed the ambushing
force and gave chase in order to further suppress the attacking
enemy; and
   WHEREAS, Larry Stanley Pierce discovered an antipersonnel mine
that could have destroyed his entire squad. He used his own body to
absorb the blast from the mine, saving the lives of 29 of his
soldiers; and
   WHEREAS, Larry Stanley Pierce was laid to rest at the Wasco
Memorial Park in the City of Wasco, California; and
   WHEREAS, President Lyndon B. Johnson posthumously awarded the
Medal of Honor to Larry Stanley Pierce's wife, Verlin, his daughter,
Teresa, and his sons, Kelley and Gregory, on February 14, 1966; and
   WHEREAS, The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration
awarded by the United States government. It is awarded to a member of
the United States Armed Forces who distinguishes himself or herself
conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her
life above and beyond the call of duty while in engaged in an action
against the enemy of the United States; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the
portion of State Highway Route 46 within the city limits of the City
of Wasco as the Medal of Honor Recipient Larry Stanley Pierce
Memorial Highway; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of appropriate signs, consistent with the signing
requirements for the state highway system, showing this special
designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources
sufficient to cover that cost, to erect those signs; and be it
further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the Department of Transportation and to the author
for appropriate distribution.