PRINTER'S NO. 4224
No. 2722 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY S. H. SMITH, BOBACK, WATSON, ROAE, BROOKS, RAPP,
REICHLEY, SCAVELLO, CAPPELLI, DiGIROLAMO, M. KELLER,
METCALFE, BEYER, STABACK, YOUNGBLOOD, MUSTIO, GEORGE, BAKER,
MAJOR, VULAKOVICH, CAUSER, GRUCELA, HESS, HERSHEY, ROSS,
KOTIK, FRANKEL, SWANGER, PERRY, HARHART, ADOLPH, CARROLL,
READSHAW, PAYNE, SURRA, BRENNAN, CALTAGIRONE, RAMALEY, DALEY,
MANN, REED, GOODMAN, FLECK, COHEN, RUBLEY, ARGALL, MOUL,
HICKERNELL, PALLONE, SAINATO, GIBBONS, MOYER, SAYLOR,
EVERETT, CUTLER, TRUE, WALKO, FAIRCHILD, MICOZZIE, LENTZ,
MYERS, PHILLIPS, MURT, MILLARD, MAHONEY, STERN, PICKETT,
GINGRICH, HENNESSEY, SIPTROTH, R. STEVENSON, SONNEY, ROCK,
KORTZ, HARPER, BOYD, VEREB, DENLINGER, KENNEY, QUINN, KULA,
K. SMITH, BENNINGHOFF, MARSICO AND MELIO, JULY 23, 2008
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JULY 23, 2008
AN ACT
1 Designating the bridges on State Route 830 over Interstate 80 in
2 Washington Township, Jefferson County, as the SFC Michael J.
3 Tully Memorial Bridges.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. SFC Michael J. Tully Memorial Bridges.
7 (a) Declaration of policy.--The General Assembly finds and
8 declares as follows:
9 (1) Michael J. Tully, 33, formerly of the Beechwoods
10 section of Falls Creek was born December 28, 1973, in
11 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is survived by his parents, Jack
12 and Marilyn Tully, his wife Heather, his son Slade, his
13 brother John and his sister Heather.
1 (2) He was a 1992 graduate of Brockway High School and
2 was a member of the National Honor Society and played
3 football. He was a member of Beechwoods Presbyterian Church.
4 He enjoyed mountain biking, rock climbing, running, sports
5 cars and scuba diving. He wanted to be a career soldier,
6 joining the Marine Corps when he turned 18 and joining the
7 Army four years later. He became an Army Ranger and then was
8 selected to become a Special Forces Green Beret.
9 (3) His military education includes the Warrior Leaders
10 Course, Basic Noncommissioned Officer Course, Basic Airborne
11 Course, Military Free Fall Parachutist Course, Ranger Course,
12 S.E.R.E. (survival, evasion, resistance, escape) Course,
13 Total Army Instructor Training Course, Long Range
14 Surveillance Leaders Course and Special Forces Diving
15 Supervisors Course, Special Forces Qualification Course,
16 Emergency Medical Technician (Combat Medic 18D) Course and
17 Combat Life Saver's Course. He spoke fluent Indonesian.
18 (4) He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star, Purple
19 Heart, Meritorious Service Medal, Iraqi Campaign Medal and
20 the Combat Infantryman Badge. His additional awards include
21 the Army Commendation Medal Second Oak Leaf Cluster,
22 Meritorious Unit Citation, Good Conduct Medal Second Award,
23 National Defense Service Medal Second Award, Global War on
24 Terrorism Service Medal, Korean Defense Service Medal,
25 Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon, Army
26 Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, United States Navy
27 and United States Marine Corps Overseas Service Ribbon,
28 Expert Infantryman Badge, Parachutist Badge, Military Free
29 Fall Parachutist Badge, Scuba Diver Badge, Ranger Tab and the
30 Special Forces Tab.
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1 (5) Sgt. 1st Class Tully died August 23, 2007, from
2 injuries suffered when his vehicle was struck by an
3 improvised explosive device near Al Aziziyah, southeast of
4 Baghdad, Iraq. He had served as a Special Forces Medic with
5 Company C, 2nd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (A) ODA
6 164 (Airbone). He was deployed to Iraq in support of
7 Operation Iraqi Freedom as a member of the Combined Joint
8 Special Operations Task Force - Arabian Peninsula. Tully was
9 on his second tour in Iraq, where he was serving as a combat
10 medic. He had been in Iraq for about six weeks. SFC John R.
11 Tully, 36, also serving in Iraq, accompanied his brother's
12 body home.
13 (b) Designation.--The bridges on State Route 830 over
14 Interstate 80 in Washington Township, Jefferson County, commonly
15 referred to as the Red Mill Bridges, are hereby designated as
16 the SFC Michael J. Tully Memorial Bridges.
17 (c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
18 maintain appropriate signs at each end of the bridges to
19 indicate the designation under subsection (b) and shall include
20 at a minimum the following information: SFC Michael J. Tully
21 Memorial Bridges; 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) KIA - Iraq
22 -23 August 2007.
23 Section 2. Effective date.
24 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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