PRINTER'S NO. 3875
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2565
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY HANNA, JULY 18, 2018
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JULY 18, 2018
AN ACT
Designating the portion of Pennsylvania Route 192 from the
intersection with Pennsylvania Route 477 in Miles Township,
Centre County, to the intersection with Pennsylvania Route
144 in Centre Hall Borough, Centre County, as the Central
Pennsylvania Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Central Pennsylvania Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Highway.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Although there was no official declaration of war,
it is widely accepted that the Vietnam War started on
November 1, 1955, and ended on April 30, 1975, lasting 19
years and 180 days.
(2) On August 2, 1964, the North Vietnamese fired on two
United States naval destroyers anchored in the Gulf of
Tonkin.
(3) As a result, the Congress of the United States
passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution which authorized the
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United States to engage in a full-scale intervention in the
Vietnam War.
(4) On March 8, 1965, the first American combat troops,
the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade, landed in Da Nang,
Vietnam.
(5) The last American ground troops left Vietnam on
March 29, 1973, more than two years before the official end
of the war when South Vietnam surrendered to North Vietnam.
(6) Two hundred and forty individuals were awarded the
Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War.
(7) Approximately 2,700,000 American men and women
served in uniform in Vietnam, including over 300,000
Pennsylvanians.
(8) The Vietnam War resulted in 58,148 Americans dying
in combat, including over 3,000 Pennsylvanians.
(b) Designation.--The portion of Pennsylvania Route 192 from
the intersection with Pennsylvania Route 477 in Miles Township,
Centre County, to the intersection with Pennsylvania Route 144
in Centre Hall Borough, Centre County, is hereby designated as
the Central Pennsylvania Vietnam Veterans 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 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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