Posted: | September 2, 2022 01:28 PM |
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From: | Senator Cris Dush |
To: | All Senate members |
Subject: | Airman First Class Robert P. Pape Memorial Bridge |
Soon I will introduce legislation that will designate a bridge on the portion of US Route 119 that crosses the Mahoning creek in Punxsutawney Borough, Jefferson County as the Airman First Class Robert P. Pape Memorial Bridge. Airman First Class Pape was a lifelong resident of Punxsutawney and enlisted in the United States Air Force on November 13, 1968. Airman First Class Pape served his country in the Vietnam War and was stationed at the Da Nang Air Force Base in South Vietnam. When Da Nang Air Force Base was attacked on September 2, 1970, Airman First Class Pape bravely tried to extinguish a flaming aircraft but was killed in action when that aircraft exploded. Please join me in honoring this fallen airman. |
Introduced as SB1334