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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY BAKER, PILEGGI, ROBBINS, PIPPY, ERICKSON, FOLMER, FONTANA, ORIE, RAFFERTY, SMUCKER, YAW, GREENLEAF AND TARTAGLIONE, JANUARY 18, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 18, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Designating a bridge on that portion of State Route 0006 over |
2 | the Lackawaxen River, Honesdale Borough, Wayne County, as the |
3 | Brigadier General Richard J. Tallman Memorial Bridge. |
4 | The General Assembly finds and declares that: |
5 | (1) Brigadier General Richard J. Tallman was born on |
6 | March 28, 1925, in Honesdale Borough, Wayne County. |
7 | (2) General Tallman served in World War II and received |
8 | a battlefield commission following the Battle of the Bulge. |
9 | (3) After World War II, General Tallman graduated from |
10 | the United States Military Academy at West Point, Class of |
11 | 1949. |
12 | (4) General Tallman served in the Korean Conflict and |
13 | the Vietnam Conflict. |
14 | (5) On July 9, 1972, General Tallman was killed in |
15 | action on his fourth tour in Vietnam during the Battle of An |
16 | Loc. |
17 | (6) General Tallman was the last general killed in |
18 | action during the Vietnam Conflict. |
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1 | (7) The family of General Tallman has continued his |
2 | military legacy. Two of his children and five grandchildren |
3 | are graduates of the United Stated Military Academy at West |
4 | Point. In total, eleven of his grandchildren serve in the |
5 | United States Armed Forces. |
6 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
7 | hereby enacts as follows: |
8 | Section 1. Brigadier General Richard J. Tallman Memorial |
9 | Bridge. |
10 | (a) Designation.--The bridge located on State Route 0006 |
11 | over the Lackawaxen River, Honesdale Borough, Wayne County, is |
12 | hereby designated the Brigadier General Richard J. Tallman |
13 | Memorial Bridge. |
14 | (b) Signs.–-The Department of Transportation shall erect and |
15 | maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to |
16 | traffic in both directions on the bridge. |
17 | Section 2. Effective date. |
18 | This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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