PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 3158, 3317 PRINTER'S NO. 3724
No. 2296 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY LEVDANSKY, JANUARY 23, 2002
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
APRIL 17, 2002
AN ACT
1 Designating a portion of the Mon/Fayette Expressway, State Route
2 43, as the Yohogania County Courthouse Highway; DESIGNATING <--
3 THE MON/FAYETTE EXPRESSWAY INTERCHANGE CONNECTING TO
4 COMMONWEALTH AVENUE AND STATE ROUTE 837 IN THE CITY OF
5 DUQUESNE AS THE FIRST SERGEANT LEONARD FUNK, JR.,
6 INTERCHANGE; DESIGNATING THE MON/FAYETTE EXPRESSWAY
7 INTERCHANGE WITH EAST PITTSBURGH-MCKEESPORT BOULEVARD IN
8 NORTH VERSAILLES AS THE CAPTAIN MICHAEL JOHN ESTOCIN
9 INTERCHANGE; DESIGNATING AN INTERCHANGE OF THE MON/FAYETTE
10 EXPRESSWAY WITH I-376 IN MONROEVILLE, WESTMORELAND COUNTY, AS
11 THE CAPTAIN JAMES A. GRAHAM INTERCHANGE; DESIGNATING THE HALF
12 INTERCHANGE, INCLUDING ONLY THE WESTBOUND MON/FAYETTE
13 EXPRESSWAY TO I-376 AND EASTBOUND I-376 TO MON/FAYETTE IN THE
14 CITY OF PITTSBURGH AS THE LANCE CORPORAL WILLIAM R. PROM
15 INTERCHANGE; DESIGNATING THE MON/FAYETTE EXPRESSWAY
16 INTERCHANGE WITH SIXTH STREET IN BRADDOCK AS THE ENSIGN HENRY
17 CLAY DREXLER INTERCHANGE; DESIGNATING THE HALF INTERCHANGE OF
18 THE MON/FAYETTE EXPRESSWAY, INCLUDING ONLY WESTBOUND OFF AND
19 EASTBOUND ON MOVEMENTS, WITH SECOND AVENUE IN THE CITY OF
20 PITTSBURGH AS THE CORPORAL CHARLES E. KELLY INTERCHANGE;
21 DESIGNATING THE INTERCHANGE WITH BUSINESS ROUTE 22 IN WILKINS
22 TOWNSHIP, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, AS THE STAFF SERGEANT JOHN MINICK
23 INTERCHANGE; DESIGNATING THE HALF INTERCHANGE WITH ACCESS
24 ROAD CONNECTING TO THOMPSON RUN ROAD IN PENN HILLS TOWNSHIP
25 AS THE CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER MICHAEL J. NOVOSEL INTERCHANGE;
26 DESIGNATING THE INTERCHANGE WITH SECOND AVENUE AT THE NORTH
27 END OF GLENWOOD BRIDGE IN THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH AS THE
28 PRIVATE FIRST CLASS JOHN "JACK" KELLY INTERCHANGE;
29 DESIGNATING THE INTERCHANGE CONNECTING CAMP HOLLOW ROAD IN
30 WEST MIFFLIN AND PITTSBURGH-MCKEESPORT BOULEVARD (RICHLAND
31 AVENUE) IN DRAVOSBURG AS THE PRIVATE FRANKLIN J. PHILLIPS
32 INTERCHANGE; DESIGNATING A SECTION OF STATE ROUTE 1011 IN
1 CLEARFIELD, CAMERON AND ELK COUNTIES AS THE QUEHANNA HIGHWAY;
2 AND DESIGNATING THE INTERCHANGE, EXIT 44, AT ROUTE 136 AND
3 DRY RUN ROAD IN WASHINGTON COUNTY AS THE STAFF SERGEANT KARL
4 GORMAN TAYLOR, SR., INTERCHANGE.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. The Mon/Fayette Expressway, State Route 43, <--
8 SECTION 1. YOHOGANIA COUNTY COURTHOUSE HIGHWAY. <--
9 (A) DESIGNATION AUTHORIZED.--THE MON/FAYETTE EXPRESSWAY,
10 STATE ROUTE 43, beginning at the Allegheny/Washington County
11 border north to the intersection with State Route 51 in the
12 borough of Jefferson Hills is designated as the Yohogania County
13 Courthouse Highway.
14 Section 2. (B) SIGNS.--Appropriate signs shall be posted and <--
15 maintained by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission.
16 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately. <--
17 SECTION 2. FIRST SERGEANT LEONARD FUNK, JR., INTERCHANGE. <--
18 (A) FINDINGS.--
19 (1) FIRST SERGEANT LEONARD FUNK, BORN IN BRADDOCK HILLS,
20 DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF BY GALLANT, INTREPID ACTIONS AGAINST
21 THE ENEMY AT HOLZHEIM, BELGIUM, ON JANUARY 29, 1945.
22 (2) AFTER ADVANCING 15 MILES IN A DRIVING SNOWSTORM, THE
23 AMERICAN FORCE PREPARED TO ATTACK THROUGH WAIST-DEEP DRIFTS.
24 THE COMPANY EXECUTIVE OFFICER BECAME A CASUALTY, AND SERGEANT
25 FUNK IMMEDIATELY ASSUMED HIS DUTIES, FORMING HEADQUARTERS
26 SOLDIERS INTO A COMBAT UNIT FOR AN ASSAULT IN THE FACE OF
27 DIRECT ARTILLERY SHELLING AND HARASSING FIRE FROM THE RIGHT
28 FLANK.
29 (3) UNDER HIS SKILLFUL AND COURAGEOUS LEADERSHIP, THIS
30 MISCELLANEOUS GROUP AND THE THIRD PLATOON ATTACKED 15 HOUSES,
31 CLEARED THEM AND TOOK 30 PRISONERS WITHOUT SUFFERING A
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1 CASUALTY.
2 (4) SERGEANT FUNK'S BOLD ACTION AND HEROIC DISREGARD FOR
3 HIS OWN SAFETY WERE DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RECAPTURE OF
4 A VASTLY SUPERIOR ENEMY FORCE, WHICH, IF ALLOWED TO REMAIN
5 FREE, COULD HAVE TAKEN THE WIDESPREAD UNITS OF COMPANY C BY
6 SURPRISE AND ENDANGERED THE ENTIRE ATTACK PLAN.
7 (5) FOR HIS HEROIC EFFORTS SERGEANT FUNK RECEIVED THE
8 MEDAL OF HONOR FROM PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN AT THE WHITE
9 HOUSE.
10 (B) DESIGNATION.--THE MON/FAYETTE EXPRESSWAY INTERCHANGE
11 CONNECTING TO COMMONWEALTH AVENUE AND STATE ROUTE 837 IN THE
12 CITY OF DUQUESNE IS HEREBY DESIGNATED AND SHALL HEREAFTER BE
13 KNOWN AS THE FIRST SERGEANT LEONARD FUNK, JR., INTERCHANGE IN
14 RECOGNITION OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT.
15 (C) SIGNS.--THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE COMMISSION SHALL ERECT
16 APPROPRIATE SIGNS AT THE INTERCHANGE DISPLAYING THE DESIGNATION
17 UNDER SUBSECTION (B).
18 SECTION 3. CAPTAIN MICHAEL JOHN ESTOCIN INTERCHANGE.
19 (A) FINDINGS.--
20 (1) BORN APRIL 27, 1931, IN TURTLE CREEK, CAPTAIN
21 ESTOCIN GRADUATED FROM THE STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, SLIPPERY
22 ROCK, AND ENTERED THE NAVAL SERVICE AS AN AVIATION CADET IN
23 JUNE 1954.
24 (2) CAPTAIN ESTOCIN, LEADING A THREE-PLANE GROUP OF
25 AIRCRAFT IN SUPPORT OF A COORDINATED STRIKE AGAINST TWO
26 THERMAL POWER PLANTS IN HAIPHONG, NORTH VIETNAM ON APRIL 20,
27 1967, PROVIDED CONTINUOUS WARNINGS TO THE STRIKE GROUP
28 LEADERS OF THE SURFACE-TO-AIR THREATS, AND PERSONALLY
29 NEUTRALIZED THREE SAM SITES.
30 (3) ON APRIL 26, 1967, IN THE SUPPORT OF A COORDINATED
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1 STRIKE AGAINST THE VITAL FUEL FACILITIES IN HAIPHONG, HE LED
2 AN ATTACK ON A THREATENING SAM SITE, DURING WHICH AN
3 EXPLODING SAM SERIOUSLY DAMAGED HIS AIRCRAFT. NEVERTHELESS,
4 HE REGAINED CONTROL OF HIS BURNING AIRCRAFT AND COURAGEOUSLY
5 LAUNCHED HIS STRIKE MISSILES BEFORE DEPARTING THE AREA.
6 (4) CAPTAIN MICHAEL JOHN ESTOCIN IS THE ONLY NAVY JET
7 PILOT TO RECEIVE THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR A COMBAT ROLE. WHILE
8 THE MEDAL OF HONOR WAS NOT NORMALLY GIVEN FOR A COMBINATION
9 OF MISSIONS, AN EXCEPTION WAS MADE FOR THIS VERY INTENSE TWO-
10 DAY STRIKE MISSION AND, ACCORDING TO THOSE WHO FLEW WITH
11 ESTOCIN, THE HONOR WAS WELL-DESERVED.
12 (B) DESIGNATION AUTHORIZED.--THE MON/FAYETTE EXPRESSWAY
13 INTERCHANGE WITH EAST PITTSBURGH-MCKEESPORT BOULEVARD IN NORTH
14 VERSAILLES, IS HEREBY DESIGNATED AND SHALL HEREAFTER BE KNOWN AS
15 THE CAPTAIN MICHAEL JOHN ESTOCIN INTERCHANGE IN RECOGNITION OF
16 THE MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT.
17 (C) SIGNS.--THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE COMMISSION SHALL ERECT
18 APPROPRIATE SIGNS AT THE INTERCHANGE DISPLAYING THE DESIGNATION
19 UNDER SUBSECTION (B).
20 SECTION 4. CAPTAIN JAMES A. GRAHAM INTERCHANGE.
21 (A) FINDINGS.--
22 (1) ON JUNE 2, 1967, IN THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM, CAPTAIN
23 JAMES A. GRAHAM, WILKINSBURG, DISPLAYED CONSPICUOUS GALLANTRY
24 AND INTREPIDITY AT THE RISK OF HIS LIFE ABOVE AND BEYOND THE
25 CALL OF DUTY.
26 (2) AS THE LEADER OF 2ND PLATOON OF COMPANY F, CAPTAIN
27 GRAHAM WAS LEADING HIS PLATOON ACROSS A PADDY AREA 1,000
28 METERS WIDE, WHEN IT CAME UNDER FIRE FROM MORTARS AND SMALL
29 ARMS THAT IMMEDIATELY INFLICTED A LARGE NUMBER OF CASUALTIES.
30 (3) FORMING AN ASSAULT UNIT, CAPTAIN GRAHAM ASSAULTED
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1 ONE MACHINE GUN NEST, RELIEVING PRESSURE ON HIS PLATOON,
2 ALLOWING THE WOUNDED TO BE EVACUATED. DESPITE BEING TWICE
3 WOUNDED, CAPTAIN GRAHAM ACCOUNTED FOR 15 ENEMY KILLS.
4 (4) WITH THE ENEMY POSITION REMAINING INVINCIBLE,
5 CAPTAIN GRAHAM CHOSE TO REMAIN AT THE SIDE OF A WOUNDED
6 COMRADE, RATHER THAN WITHDRAW. CAPTAIN GRAHAM DIED WHILE
7 PROTECTING HIMSELF AND THE WOUNDED MAN HE CHOSE NOT TO
8 ABANDON.
9 (5) CAPTAIN GRAHAM'S OUTSTANDING COURAGE, SUPERB
10 LEADERSHIP AND INDOMITABLE FIGHTING SPIRIT UNDOUBTEDLY SAVED
11 THE 2ND PLATOON FROM ANNIHILATION AND REFLECTED THE GREAT
12 CREDIT UPON HIMSELF, THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES
13 NAVAL SERVICE.
14 (B) DESIGNATION AUTHORIZED.--THE INTERCHANGE WITH I-376 IN
15 MONROEVILLE IS HEREBY DESIGNATED AND SHALL HEREAFTER BE KNOWN AS
16 THE CAPTAIN JAMES A. GRAHAM INTERCHANGE IN RECOGNITION OF THE
17 MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT.
18 (C) SIGNS.--THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE COMMISSION SHALL ERECT
19 APPROPRIATE SIGNS AT THE INTERCHANGE DISPLAYING THE DESIGNATION
20 UNDER SUBSECTION (B).
21 SECTION 5. LANCE CORPORAL WILLIAM R. PROM INTERCHANGE.
22 (A) FINDINGS.--
23 (1) ON FEBRUARY 9, 1969, NEAR AN HOA, REPUBLIC OF
24 VIETNAM, WHILE RETURNING FROM A RECONNAISSANCE OPERATION
25 DURING OPERATION TAYLOR COMMON, TWO PLATOONS OF COMPANY ONE
26 CAME UNDER AN INTENSE AUTOMATIC WEAPONS FIRE AND GRENADE
27 ATTACK.
28 (2) LANCE CORPORAL PROM IMMEDIATELY ASSUMED CONTROL OF
29 ONE OF HIS MACHINE GUNS AND BEGAN TO DELIVER RETURN FIRE
30 DISREGARDING HIS OWN SAFETY.
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1 (3) REALIZING THAT THE ENEMY WOULD HAVE TO BE DESTROYED
2 BEFORE THE INJURED MARINES COULD BE EVACUATED, LANCE CORPORAL
3 PROM MOVED FORWARD AND DELIVERED A HEAVY VOLUME OF FIRE
4 PERMITTING HIS MEN TO REGROUP AND RESUME THEIR MARCH.
5 (4) SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE PLATOON AGAIN CAME UNDER
6 HEAVY FIRE IN WHICH ONE MAN WAS CRITICALLY WOUNDED. REACTING
7 INSTANTLY, LANCE CORPORAL PROM MOVED FORWARD TO PROTECT HIS
8 INJURED COMRADE.
9 (5) UNABLE TO CONTINUE HIS FIRE BECAUSE OF HIS SEVERE
10 WOUNDS, HE CONTINUED TO ADVANCE TO WITHIN A FEW YARDS TO THE
11 ENEMY POSITIONS. THERE, STANDING IN FULL VIEW OF THE ENEMY,
12 HE DIRECTED THE FIRE OF HIS SUPPORT ELEMENTS UNTIL HE WAS
13 MORTALLY WOUNDED. INSPIRED BY HIS HEROIC ACTIONS, THE MARINES
14 LAUNCHED AN ASSAULT THAT DESTROYED THE ENEMY.
15 (6) LANCE CORPORAL PROM'S INDOMITABLE COURAGE, INSPIRING
16 INITIATIVE AND SELFLESS DEVOTION TO DUTY UPHELD THE HIGHEST
17 TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE U.S. NAVAL SERVICE.
18 (B) DESIGNATION AUTHORIZED.--THE HALF INTERCHANGE, INCLUDING
19 ONLY WESTBOUND MON/FAYETTE TO I-376 AND EASTBOUND I-376 TO
20 MON/FAYETTE, IN THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH IS HEREBY DESIGNATED AND
21 SHALL HEREAFTER BE KNOWN AS THE LANCE CORPORAL WILLIAM R. PROM
22 INTERCHANGE IN RECOGNITION OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT.
23 (C) SIGNS.--THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE COMMISSION SHALL ERECT
24 APPROPRIATE SIGNS AT THE INTERCHANGE DISPLAYING THE DESIGNATION
25 UNDER SUBSECTION (B).
26 SECTION 6. ENSIGN HENRY CLAY DREXLER INTERCHANGE.
27 (A) FINDINGS.--
28 (1) BORN IN BRADDOCK, ON AUGUST 7, 1901, HE GRADUATED
29 FROM THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY IN 1924.
30 (2) AT 3:35 ON THE AFTERNOON OF OCTOBER 20, 1924, WHILE
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1 THE USS TRENTON WAS PREPARING TO FIRE TRIAL INSTALLATION
2 SHOTS FROM THE TWO SIX-INCH GUNS IN THE FORWARD TWIN MOUNT OF
3 THE VESSEL, TWO CHARGES OF POWDER IGNITED, TRAPPING 20 MEN IN
4 THE TWIN MOUNT.
5 (3) ENSIGN DREXLER, WITHOUT THOUGHT FOR HIS OWN SAFETY,
6 ON SEEING THAT THE CHARGE OF POWDER FOR THE LEFT GUN WAS
7 IGNITED, JUMPED FOR THE RIGHT CHARGE AND ENDEAVORED TO PUT IT
8 IN THE IMMERSION TANK. THE LEFT CHARGE BURST INTO FLAMES AND
9 IGNITED THE RIGHT CHARGE BEFORE ENSIGN DREXLER COULD
10 ACCOMPLISH HIS PURPOSE. HE FELL ON THE SPOT WHERE HE WAS
11 MAKING A SUPREME EFFORT TO SAVE HIS SHIPMATES.
12 (4) ENSIGN DREXLER WAS AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR BY A
13 SPECIAL ACT OF CONGRESS ON FEBRUARY 3, 1933, ONE OF THE FEW
14 MEDALS OF HONOR EVER BESTOWED ON AN INDIVIDUAL NOT IN A
15 COMBAT THEATER.
16 (B) DESIGNATION.--THE MON/FAYETTE EXPRESSWAY INTERCHANGE
17 WITH SIXTH STREET IN BRADDOCK IS HEREBY DESIGNATED AND SHALL
18 HEREAFTER BE KNOWN AS THE ENSIGN HENRY CLAY DREXLER INTERCHANGE
19 IN RECOGNITION OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT.
20 (C) SIGNS.--THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE COMMISSION SHALL ERECT
21 APPROPRIATE SIGNS AT THE INTERCHANGE DISPLAYING THE DESIGNATION
22 UNDER SUBSECTION (B).
23 SECTION 7. CORPORAL CHARLES E. KELLY INTERCHANGE.
24 (A) FINDINGS.--
25 (1) ON SEPTEMBER 13, 1943, NEAR ALTAVILLA, ITALY,
26 CORPORAL KELLY VOLUNTARILY JOINED A PATROL THAT LOCATED AND
27 NEUTRALIZED ENEMY MACHINE GUN POSITIONS.
28 (2) LATER, CORPORAL KELLY AGAIN VOLUNTARILY TRAVERSED
29 MORE THAN A MILE THROUGH ENEMY HELD TERRITORY TO GATHER
30 INFORMATION ABOUT ENEMY PLACEMENTS.
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1 (3) THE FOLLOWING DAY, CORPORAL KELLY POSITIONED HIMSELF
2 IN A STOREHOUSE WINDOW AND RAINED EFFECTIVE FIRE ON THE ENEMY
3 THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WHEN THE POSITION WAS ABOUT TO BE
4 OVERRUN, CORPORAL KELLY VOLUNTARILY MAINTAINED HIS POSITION,
5 USING MORTARS TO HOLD THE ENEMY AT BAY, WHILE THE REMAINDER
6 OF HIS DETACHMENT WITHDREW.
7 (4) AS THE DETACHMENT MOVED OUT, CORPORAL KELLY WAS
8 OBSERVED DELIBERATELY LOADING AND FIRING A ROCKET LAUNCHER
9 FROM THE WINDOW. HE WAS SUCCESSFUL IN COVERING THE WITHDRAWAL
10 OF THE UNIT, AND LATER IN JOINING HIS OWN ORGANIZATION.
11 (5) CORPORAL KELLY'S FIGHTING DETERMINATION AND
12 INTREPIDITY IN BATTLE EXEMPLIFY THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE
13 UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES.
14 (6) THE UNITED STATES ARMY BASE AT OAKDALE IS NAMED FOR
15 KELLY AND HE IS BURIED IN THE HIGHWOOD CEMETERY ON BRIGHTON
16 ROAD IN PITTSBURGH.
17 (B) DESIGNATION AUTHORIZED.--THE HALF INTERCHANGE, INCLUDING
18 ONLY WESTBOUND OFF AND EASTBOUND ON MOVEMENTS, WITH SECOND
19 AVENUE IN THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH IS HEREBY DESIGNATED AND SHALL
20 HEREAFTER BE KNOWN AS THE CORPORAL CHARLES E. KELLY INTERCHANGE
21 IN RECOGNITION OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT.
22 (C) SIGNS.--THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE COMMISSION SHALL ERECT
23 APPROPRIATE SIGNS AT THE INTERCHANGE DISPLAYING THE DESIGNATION
24 UNDER SUBSECTION (B).
25 SECTION 8. STAFF SERGEANT JOHN MINICK INTERCHANGE.
26 (A) FINDINGS.--
27 (1) STAFF SERGEANT JOHN MINICK DISPLAYED CONSPICUOUS
28 GALLANTRY AND INTREPIDITY AT THE RISK OF HIS OWN LIFE ABOVE
29 AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY, IN ACTION INVOLVING COMBAT WITH
30 THE ENEMY ON NOVEMBER 21, 1944.
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1 (2) STAFF SERGEANT MINICK'S BATTALION WAS HALTED IN ITS
2 ADVANCE BY EXTENSIVE MINEFIELDS, EXPOSING TROOPS TO HEAVY
3 CONCENTRATIONS OF ENEMY ARTILLERY AND MORTAR FIRE. FURTHER
4 DELAY IN THE ADVANCE WOULD RESULT IN NUMEROUS CASUALTIES AND
5 A MOVEMENT THROUGH THE MINEFIELD WAS ESSENTIAL.
6 (3) VOLUNTARILY, STAFF SERGEANT MINICK LED FOUR MEN
7 THROUGH HAZARDOUS BARBED WIRE AND DEBRIS, FINALLY MAKING HIS
8 WAY THROUGH THE MINEFIELD. WHEN AN ENEMY MACHINE GUN OPENED
9 FIRE, HE SIGNALED HIS MEN TO TAKE COVER AND HE EDGED HIS WAY
10 TOWARD THE FLANK OF THE WEAPON AND OPENED FIRE, KILLING TWO,
11 AND CAPTURING THREE OTHERS.
12 (4) MOVING FORWARD AGAIN, HE ENCOUNTERED AND ENGAGED
13 SINGLE-HANDEDLY AN ENTIRE COMPANY, KILLING 20 GERMANS AND
14 CAPTURING 20.
15 (5) AGAIN MOVING AHEAD AND SPEARHEADING HIS BATTALION'S
16 ADVANCE, HE AGAIN ENCOUNTERED MACHINE GUN FIRE. CRAWLING
17 FORWARD HE REACHED A POINT FROM WHICH HE KNOCKED THE WEAPON
18 OUT OF ACTION.
19 (6) WHILE ADVANCING FORWARD A THIRD TIME UNDER CONSTANT
20 ENEMY FIRE, STAFF SERGEANT MINICK DETONATED A LAND MINE AND
21 WAS INSTANTLY KILLED.
22 (7) STAFF SERGEANT JOHN MINICK WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED
23 THE LAST MEDAL OF HONOR FOR WORLD WAR II.
24 (B) DESIGNATION AUTHORIZED.--THE INTERCHANGE WITH BUSINESS
25 ROUTE 22 IN WILKINS TOWNSHIP, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, IS HEREBY
26 DESIGNATED AND SHALL HEREAFTER BE KNOWN AS THE STAFF SERGEANT
27 JOHN MINICK INTERCHANGE IN RECOGNITION OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR
28 RECIPIENT.
29 (C) SIGNS.--THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE COMMISSION SHALL ERECT
30 APPROPRIATE SIGNS AT THE INTERCHANGE DISPLAYING THE DESIGNATION
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1 UNDER SUBSECTION (B).
2 SECTION 9. CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER MICHAEL J. NOVOSEL
3 INTERCHANGE.
4 (A) FINDINGS.--
5 (1) ON OCTOBER 2, 1969, IN THE KIEN TUONG PROVINCE,
6 REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM, CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER MICHAEL J.
7 NOVOSEL, WITH CONSPICUOUS GALLANTRY AND INTREPIDITY IN ACTION
8 AT THE RISK OF HIS LIFE ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY,
9 DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF WHILE SERVING AS COMMANDER OF A MEDICAL
10 EVACUATION HELICOPTER.
11 (2) CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER NOVOSEL UNHESITATINGLY
12 MANEUVERED HIS HELICOPTER INTO A HEAVILY FORTIFIED AND
13 DEFENDED ENEMY TRAINING AREA WHERE A GROUP OF WOUNDED
14 VIETNAMESE SOLDIERS WERE PINNED DOWN BY A LARGE ENEMY FORCE.
15 (3) ON SIX OCCASIONS, WHILE FLYING WITHOUT GUNSHIP OR
16 OTHER COVER AND EXPOSED TO INTENSE MACHINE GUN FIRE, CHIEF
17 WARRANT OFFICER NOVOSEL RETURNED TO THE AREA IN ORDER TO
18 EXTRACT FRIENDLY TROOPS.
19 (4) NEAR THE END OF THE MISSION, A WOUNDED SOLDIER WAS
20 SPOTTED CLOSE TO AN ENEMY BUNKER. FULLY REALIZING THAT HE
21 WOULD ATTRACT ENEMY FIRE, CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER NOVOSEL
22 ATTEMPTED AND EXTRACTED THE SOLDIER WHILE BEING INJURED
23 HIMSELF.
24 (5) IN ALL, 15 EXTRACTIONS WERE PERFORMED IN ORDER TO
25 REMOVE WOUNDED PERSONNEL. AS A DIRECT RESULT OF HIS SELFLESS
26 CONDUCT, THE LIVES OF 29 SOLDIERS WERE SAVED.
27 (6) THE EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM DISPLAYED BY CHIEF WARRANT
28 OFFICER NOVOSEL WAS AN INSPIRATION TO HIS COMRADES IN ARMS
29 AND REFLECT GREAT CREDIT ON HIM, HIS UNIT AND THE UNITED
30 STATES ARMY.
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1 (B) DESIGNATION AUTHORIZED.--THE HALF INTERCHANGE WITH
2 ACCESS ROAD CONNECTING TO THOMPSON RUN ROAD IN PENN HILLS
3 TOWNSHIP, INCLUDING ONLY THE NORTHBOUND OFF AND SOUTHBOUND ON
4 MOVEMENTS, IS HEREBY DESIGNATED AND SHALL HEREAFTER BE KNOWN AS
5 THE CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER MICHAEL J. NOVOSEL INTERCHANGE IN
6 RECOGNITION OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT.
7 (C) SIGNS.--THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE COMMISSION SHALL ERECT
8 APPROPRIATE SIGNS AT THE INTERCHANGE DISPLAYING THE DESIGNATION
9 UNDER SUBSECTION (B).
10 SECTION 10. PRIVATE FIRST CLASS JOHN "JACK" KELLY INTERCHANGE.
11 (A) FINDINGS.--
12 (1) "JACK" KELLY WAS BORN JULY 8, 1928, AND GRADUATED
13 FROM HOMESTEAD HIGH SCHOOL IN 1947. HE ENLISTED IN THE UNITED
14 STATES MARINE CORPS AFTER THE START OF THE KOREAN WAR, AND
15 SERVED WITH COMPANY C, 1ST BATALLION, 7TH MARINES, 1ST MARINE
16 DIVISION (REINFORCED).
17 (2) ON MAY 28, 1952, IN KOREA, PFC KELLY SHOWED
18 CONSPICUOUS GALLANTRY AND INTREPIDITY AT THE RISK OF HIS LIFE
19 ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY WHILE SERVING AS A RADIO
20 OPERATOR IN ACTION AGAINST ENEMY AGGRESSOR FORCES.
21 (3) WITH HIS PLATOON PINNED DOWN BY A NUMERICALLY
22 SUPERIOR ENEMY FORCE EMPLOYING INTENSE MORTAR, ARTILLERY,
23 SMALL-ARMS AND GRENADE FIRE, PFC KELLY LEFT HIS RADIO IN THE
24 CARE OF ANOTHER MAN AND PARTICIPATED IN AN ASSAULT ON ENEMY
25 KEY POSITIONS.
26 (4) FEARLESSLY CHARGING FORWARD IN THE FACE OF A
27 MURDEROUS HAIL OF MACHINE GUN FIRE AND HAND GRENADES, HE
28 INITIATED A DARING ATTACK AGAINST A HOSTILE STRONG POINT AND
29 PERSONALLY NEUTRALIZED THE POSITION, KILLING TWO OF THE
30 ENEMY.
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1 (5) ALTHOUGH PAINFULLY WOUNDED, PFC KELLY BRAVELY
2 CHARGED A MACHINE GUN BUNKER. MORTALLY WOUNDED BY ENEMY FIRE
3 WHILE CARRYING OUT THIS HEROIC ACTION, PFC KELLY, BY HIS
4 GREAT PERSONAL VALOR, INSPIRED HIS COMRADES TO SWEEP ON,
5 OVERRUN AND SECURE THE OBJECTIVE.
6 (6) PRIVATE FIRST CLASS KELLY WAS AWARDED THE MEDAL OF
7 HONOR POSTHUMOUSLY.
8 (B) DESIGNATION AUTHORIZED.--THE INTERCHANGE WITH SECOND
9 AVENUE AT THE NORTH END OF THE GLENWOOD BRIDGE IN THE CITY OF
10 PITTSBURGH IS HEREBY DESIGNATED AND SHALL HEREAFTER BE KNOWN AS
11 THE PRIVATE FIRST CLASS JOHN "JACK" KELLY INTERCHANGE IN
12 RECOGNITION OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT.
13 (C) SIGNS.--THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE COMMISSION SHALL ERECT
14 APPROPRIATE SIGNS AT THE INTERCHANGE DISPLAYING THE DESIGNATION
15 UNDER SUBSECTION (B).
16 SECTION 11. PRIVATE FRANKLIN J. PHILLIPS INTERCHANGE.
17 (A) FINDINGS.--
18 (1) FRANKLIN PHILLIPS ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES
19 MARINE CORPS ON MAY 19, 1899, AND WAS ASSIGNED TO THE
20 BATTLESHIP OREGON, WHICH WAS TRANSPORTING MARINES TO THE
21 BOXER REBELLION IN PEKING, CHINA.
22 (2) PHILLIPS' UNIT WAS PART OF THE AMERICAN LEGATION
23 GUARD THAT WAS CHARGED WITH PROTECTING AMERICAN CITIZENS IN
24 PEKING. IT WAS WHILE SERVING WITH THE DETACHMENT ASHORE THAT
25 PRIVATE PHILLIPS WAS KILLED ON JULY 16, 1900, THE LAST DAY OF
26 THE UPRISING.
27 (3) FOR DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT IN THE PRESENCE OF THE
28 ENEMY UNDER HEAVY FIRE IN PEKING, CHINA, ON JULY 16, 1900,
29 FRANKLIN PHILLIPS WAS AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR BY JOHN D.
30 LONG, SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, ON JULY 19, 1901.
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1 (B) DESIGNATION AUTHORIZED.--THE INTERCHANGE CONNECTING CAMP
2 HOLLOW ROAD IN WEST MIFFLIN AND PITTSBURGH MCKEESPORT BOULEVARD
3 (RICHLAND AVENUE) IN DRAVOSBURG IS HEREBY DESIGNATED AND SHALL
4 HEREAFTER BE KNOWN AS THE PRIVATE FRANKLIN J. PHILLIPS
5 INTERCHANGE IN RECOGNITION OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT.
6 (C) SIGNS.--THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE COMMISSION SHALL ERECT
7 APPROPRIATE SIGNS AT THE INTERCHANGE DISPLAYING THE DESIGNATION
8 UNDER SUBSECTION (B).
9 SECTION 12. QUEHANNA HIGHWAY.
10 (A) DESIGNATION.--THE SECTION OF STATE ROUTE 1011 THAT RUNS
11 FROM ROUTE 879 NEAR KARTHAUS, IN CLEARFIELD COUNTY THROUGH THE
12 QUEHANNA WILD AREA IN CAMERON AND ELK COUNTIES AND ENDS AT STATE
13 ROUTE 555 AT MEDIX RUN IN ELK COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AND SHALL BE
14 KNOWN AS THE QUEHANNA HIGHWAY.
15 (B) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
16 MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS AT EACH END OF THE SECTION OF HIGHWAY
17 IDENTIFYING THE PORTION OF ROAD DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (A) AS
18 THE QUEHANNA HIGHWAY.
19 SECTION 13. STAFF SERGEANT KARL GORMAN TAYLOR, SR.,
20 INTERCHANGE.
21 (A) FINDINGS.--
22 (1) ON DECEMBER 8, 1968, IN THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM,
23 STAFF SERGEANT TAYLOR, WHILE SERVING AT NIGHT AS A COMPANY
24 GUNNERY SERGEANT DURING OPERATION MEADE RIVER, EXHIBITED
25 CONSPICUOUS GALLANTRY AND INTREPIDITY AT THE RISK OF HIS LIFE
26 ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY.
27 (2) STAFF SERGEANT TAYLOR, WHEN INFORMED THAT THE
28 COMMANDER OF THE LEAD PLATOON HAD BEEN MORTALLY WOUNDED,
29 CRAWLED FORWARD TO THE BELEAGUERED UNIT THROUGH A HAIL OF
30 HOSTILE FIRE, SHOUTED ENCOURAGEMENT AND INSTRUCTIONS TO THE
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1 MEN AND DEPLOYED THEM TO COVERED POSITIONS.
2 (3) STAFF SERGEANT TAYLOR REPEATEDLY MANEUVERED ACROSS
3 AN OPEN AREA TO RESCUE THOSE MARINES WHO WERE TOO SERIOUSLY
4 WOUNDED TO MOVE THEMSELVES.
5 (4) WHEN CONFRONTED WITH DEVASTATING FIRE, STAFF
6 SERGEANT TAYLOR TOOK HIS GRENADE LAUNCHER AND IN FULL VIEW OF
7 THE ENEMY, CHARGED ACROSS THE OPEN RICE PADDY TOWARD THE
8 MACHINE GUN POSITION, FIRING HIS WEAPON AS HE RAN.
9 (5) ALTHOUGH WOUNDED SEVERAL TIMES, STAFF SERGEANT
10 TAYLOR SUCCEEDED IN REACHING THE MACHINE GUN BUNKER AND
11 SILENCED THE FIRE MOMENTS BEFORE HE WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED.
12 (6) DIRECTLY INSTRUMENTAL IN SAVING THE LIVES OF SEVERAL
13 OF HIS FELLOW MARINES, STAFF SERGEANT TAYLOR, BY HIS
14 INDOMITABLE COURAGE, INSPIRING LEADERSHIP AND SELFLESS
15 DEDICATION, UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS
16 AND OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
17 (B) DESIGNATION AUTHORIZED.--THE INTERCHANGE, EXIT 44, AT
18 ROUTE 136 AND DRY RUN ROAD IN WASHINGTON COUNTY IS HEREBY
19 DESIGNATED AND SHALL HEREAFTER BE KNOWN AS THE STAFF SERGEANT
20 KARL GORMAN TAYLOR, SR., INTERCHANGE IN RECOGNITION OF THE MEDAL
21 OF HONOR RECIPIENT.
22 (C) SIGNS.--THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE COMMISSION SHALL ERECT
23 APPROPRIATE SIGNS AT THE INTERCHANGE DISPLAYING THE DESIGNATION
24 UNDER SUBSECTION (B).
25 SECTION 14. EFFECTIVE DATE.
26 THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
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