H0592B0638A00308 AJM:EJH 03/18/19 #90 A00308
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 592
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE SCHMITT
Printer's No. 638
Amend Bill, page 1, by inserting between lines 6 and 7
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Private Harold E. "Jim" Knode was a native of the
McAlevys Fort area.
(2) In February 1944, Private Knode was drafted into the
United States Army at age 28 and served with the 179th
Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division.
(3) On November 28, 1944, Private Knode was killed while
crossing the Moselle River between France and Germany.
Private Knode was interred in what became the Epinal American
Cemetery in Dinozé, France.
(4) Private Knode was awarded the Bronze Star, the
Purple Heart, the Good Conduct Medal, the European-African
Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal
and a lapel button for Honorable Service.
Amend Bill, page 1, line 7, by striking out "(a)" and
inserting
(b)
Amend Bill, page 1, lines 10 through 12, by striking out all
of lines 10 and 11 and "with the United States Army in France
during World War II" in line 12
Amend Bill, page 1, line 13, by striking out "(b)" and
inserting
(c)
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