1Designating a portion of County Line Road separating Montgomery
2County and Bucks County as the SP4 Ronald C. Smith Memorial
3Highway<-; designating a portion of Pennsylvania Route 233 from 
4the northern corporate limits of Newville Borough to the 
5Cumberland County and Perry County line as the Sergeant 
6Timothy L. Hayslett Memorial Highway; and<- designating a 
7bridge on that portion of US 22/US 322 Eastbound over 
8Interstate 81, Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County, as the 
9Chief Warrant Officer Matthew Ruffner Memorial Bridge.;<- 
10designating a portion of Pennsylvania Route 12 in Alsace 
11Township, Berks County, as the Special Warfare Operator Chief 
12(SEAL) Lance M. Vaccaro Highway; and<- designating the bridge 
13on State Route 3023, Johns Road, Johnstown, Cambria County, 
14as the Clara Barton Memorial Bridge.; des<-ignating the bridge 
15located on State Route 1003, Old York Road, over the 
16Pennsylvania Turnpike, in Fairview Township, York County, as 
17the Staff Sergeant Guy E. Shelley Memorial Bridge; 
18designating the portion of State Route 51, known as Fleming 
19Park Road, that intersects with Coraopolis Road in Kennedy 
20Township, Allegheny County, as the Captain Sean M. Ruane 
21Memorial Highway; and designating the bridge crossing the 
22Lackawanna River along 8th Avenue, also known as U.S. 
23Business Route 6, in downtown Carbondale, Lackawanna County, 
24as the 109th Infantry Bridge.

25The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

1hereby enacts as follows:

2Section 1. SP4 Ronald C. Smith Memorial Highway.

3(a) Findings.--

4(1) SP4 Ronald Carlton Smith was a resident of Hatboro,
5Pennsylvania, before enlisting in the United States Army on
6December 6, 1967, at 23 years of age.

7(2) SP4 Smith was assigned to Troop E, 1st Cavalry, 11th
8Infantry Brigade, Americal Division of the United States Army
9in Vietnam.

10(3) SP4 Smith served as an Armor Reconnaissance
11Specialist, gathering intelligence on terrain features;
12scouting enemy force strength and locations; driving armored,
13tracked and wheeled vehicles and engaging in tactical
14operations against enemy troops.

15(4) While valiantly serving his country, SP4 Smith was
16killed by an explosive device on April 14, 1968, in the Quang
17Ngai Province of South Vietnam.

18(b) Designation.--The section of County Line Road separating
19Montgomery and Bucks Counties from Maple Avenue to Easton Road
20is hereby designated the SP4 Ronald C. Smith Memorial Highway.

21(c) Signs.---The Department of Transportation shall erect
22and maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the
23highway to traffic in both directions on the highway.

<-24Section 2. Sergeant Timothy L. Hayslett Memorial Highway.

25(a) Findings and declarations.--The General Assembly finds
26and declares as follows:

27(1) Timothy L. Hayslett was born May 17, 1977, in
28Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He moved to Newville,
29Pennsylvania, in Cumberland County along with his family in
301983. He attended Big Spring High School in Newville and

1entered the United States Army in 1995 where he served for
2eight years.

3(2) Sergeant Hayslett was assigned to the Headquarters
4and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 37th Armored
5Regiment, 1st Armored Division at Friedberg, Germany. He died
6November 15, 2003, at 26 years of age while on patrol in
7Baghdad, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device struck his
8Humvee.

9(3) Sergeant Hayslett was awarded the Purple Heart and
10the Bronze Star Medal for his wounds sustained in combat
11against an enemy of the United States. He was also awarded
12the Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service Medal,
13the Global War on Terror Service Medal and the Iraq Campaign
14Medal with Two Bronze Service Stars.

15(4) Sergeant Timothy Hayslett, the beloved son of Guy L.
16and Mary D. Hayslett of Newville, PA, was courageously
17serving his country at the time of his death, and his
18excellence as a soldier has been extolled by many.

19(b) Designation.--The section of Pennsylvania Route 233 from
20the northern corporate limits of Newville Borough to the
21Cumberland County and Perry County line is hereby designated as
22the Sergeant Timothy L. Hayslett Memorial Highway.

23(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
24maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to
25traffic in both directions on the highway.

26Section 3. Chief Warrant Officer Matthew Ruffner Memorial
27Bridge.

28(a) Findings.--

29(1) Chief Warrant Officer (CWO) Matthew Ruffner was a
30resident of Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County,

1Pennsylvania.

2(2) CWO Ruffner was a pilot and a senior flight
3instructor at Fort Indiantown Gap.

4(3) While bravely serving his country, CWO Ruffner was
5killed in Afghanistan on April 9, 2013, in a helicopter
6crash.

7(b) Designation.--The bridge located on US 22/US 322
8Eastbound over Interstate 81 in Susquehanna Township, Dauphin
9County, is hereby designated the Chief Warrant Officer Matthew
10Ruffner Memorial Bridge.

11(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
12maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to
13traffic in both directions on the bridge.

14Section 4. Special Warfare Operator Chief (SEAL) Lance M.<-
15Vaccaro Highway.

16(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
17follows:

18(1) Special Warfare Operator Chief (SEAL) Lance M.
19Vaccaro was born in Reading in 1972 and was raised and lived
20in Alsace Township from 1973 until 1987, attending the Oley
21Valley School District public schools.

22(2) Special Warfare Operator Chief Lance M. Vaccaro
23graduated from Oley Valley High School in 1990 and after
24studying briefly at Kutztown University enlisted in the
25United States Navy in 1991.

26(3) After serving aboard the U.S.S. George Washington
27and U.S.S. Kitty Hawk, Special Warfare Operator Chief Lance
28M. Vaccaro became a member of the United States Navy's elite
29SEALs in 1997 and subsequently was deployed on overseas
30missions in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq.

1(4) Special Warfare Operator Chief Lance M. Vaccaro died
2during a training mission in the United States in 2008.

3(5) Special Warfare Operator Chief Lance M. Vaccaro's
4awards include the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal,
5Army Commendation Medal, Joint Service Achievement Medal,
6four Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals, two Combat
7Action Ribbons, Presidential Unit Citation, Navy Unit
8Commendation, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Kosovo
9Campaign Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Iraq Campaign
10Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Global War on
11Terrorism Expeditionary Medal and Armed Forces Service Medal.

12(6) Special Warfare Operator Chief Lance M. Vaccaro is
13survived by his parents, Joseph and Christine L. Vaccaro.

14(b) Designation.--The section of Pennsylvania Route 12 in
15Alsace Township, Berks County, is hereby designated the Special
16Warfare Operator Chief (SEAL) Lance M. Vaccaro Highway.

17(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
18maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to
19traffic in both directions on the highway.

20Section 5. Clara Barton Memorial Bridge.

21(a) Findings.--

22(1) In 1882, after years of work, pioneer nurse Clara
23Barton's organization, the American National Red Cross, was
24officially established.

25(2) On June 5, 1889, approximately five days after the
26South Fork Dam broke in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Clara Barton
27and a group of Red Cross volunteers rode the train to the
28devastated town to help the survivors in one of the first
29major disaster responses for the organization.

30(3) Clara Barton and the Red Cross remained in the town

1for more than five months and provided aid to more than
225,000 people by establishing feeding stations, building
3shelters and rendering medical care.

4(4) Clara Barton continued her work with the Red Cross
5helping others during times of disaster until her resignation
6in 1904 at 83 years of age. She died April 12, 1912, at 90
7years of age.

8(b) Designation.--The bridge located on State Route 3023,
9Johns Street, over Little Conemaugh River in Johnstown, Cambria
10County is hereby designated the Clara Barton Memorial Bridge.

11(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
12maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to
13traffic in both directions on the bridge.

<-14Section 6. Staff Sergeant Guy E. Shelley Memorial Bridge.

15(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
16follows:

17(1) Guy E. Shelley was born in Harrisburg and resided in
18nearby New Cumberland at the time of his military service.

19(2) Staff Sergeant Shelley was a Gunner and the
20Assistant Flight Engineer on the Lady Be Good, an American B-
2124D Liberator stationed in Soluch, Libya. This small desert
22airstrip was about 34 miles southeast of Benghazi.

23(3) On April 4, 1943, the Lady Be Good was one of 25
24bombers of the 514th/376th Bomb Squadron of the United States
25Army Air Forces that took off in a sandstorm to strike
26Naples, Italy. The 700-mile mission began at 3:10 p.m.

27(4) The Lady Be Good was the only B-24 that did not
28safely return and, at approximately 2 a.m., the Liberator ran
29out of fuel, and her crew bailed out some 440 miles southeast
30of Soluch.

1(5) Most of the nine-member crew survived the crash and
2lived more than a week with little water or food in a desert
3with 130 degree daytime temperatures and nighttime
4temperatures of 35 degrees. Eight of the crew trekked 85
5miles from the crash site, with three members, including
6Staff Sergeant Shelley, traveling an additional 20-plus miles
7in search of rescue. All crew members died in the desert
8despite their valiant efforts to survive.

9(6) Wreckage of the B-24 was eventually discovered, and
10the remains of Staff Sergeant Shelley and his Lady Be Good
11crewmates were recovered 17 years after the crash and
12returned to the United States for interment.

13(b) Designation.--The bridge located on State Route 1003,
14Old York Road, over the Pennsylvania Turnpike, in Fairview
15Township, York County, is hereby designated the Staff Sergeant
16Guy E. Shelley Memorial Bridge.

17(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
18maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to
19traffic in both directions on the bridge.

20Section 7. Captain Sean M. Ruane Memorial Highway.

21(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
22follows:

23(1) Captain Sean M. Ruane, a highly decorated combat
24veteran, was born October 11, 1982, and graduated from
25Montour High School in 2000 and Embry Riddle Aeronautical
26University in 2005.

27(2) Upon graduation, Captain Ruane entered the United
28States Air Force and became a pilot.

29(3) Captain Ruane was deployed five times to the
30battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan.

1(4) Captain Ruane was assigned to the 56th Rescue
2Squadron at the Royal Air Force's Lakenheath base in England.

3(5) On January 7, 2014, Captain Ruane paid the supreme
4sacrifice while serving his country when the plane in which
5he was instructing fellow airmen crashed in eastern England.

6(b) Designation.--The section of State Route 51, known as
7Fleming Park Road, that intersects with Coraopolis Road in
8Kennedy Township, Allegheny County, is hereby designated as the
9Captain Sean M. Ruane Memorial Highway.

10(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
11maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to
12traffic in both directions on the highway.

13Section 8. 109th Infantry Bridge.

14(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
15follows:

16(1) The 109th Infantry Regiment constitutes one of four
17regiments in the 55th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 28th
18Infantry Division. Units of this Brigade date back to the
19American Revolution and were engaged in all the wars of this
20nation.

21(2) The 109th Infantry trace their origins to the
22Scranton City Guards Battalion, National Guard of
23Pennsylvania, which was constituted and organized on August
2414, 1877. It was redesignated on September 23, 1878, as the
2513th Infantry Regiment. The unit was mustered into Federal
26service on May 12 and 13, 1898, at Mount Gretna,
27Pennsylvania, as the 13th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
28Regiment for the Spanish American War. The unit did not serve
29outside the continental United States. It was mustered out of
30Federal service on March 11, 1899, at Augusta, Georgia.

1(3) On September 26, 1916, the unit was mustered into
2Federal service at Mount Gretna for service on the Mexican
3border and was stationed at Camp Stewart, El Paso, Texas. As
4border patrol operations began to close, the unit continued
5in Federal service as the United States entered World War I.
6The unit was drafted into Federal service on August 5, 1917.
7The unit was consolidated with the 1st Infantry Regiment,
8which was organized in 1777 and it was reorganized and
9redesignated as the 109th Infantry Regiment, an element of
10the 28th Division. The unit was mustered out of Federal
11service from May 17 through 20, 1919, at Camp Dix, New
12Jersey, and returned to the Commonwealth's control.

13(4) The soldiers of the 109th Infantry Regiment earned
14the nickname "Men of Iron" for the three-day defense against
15overwhelming odds during the German Army's Champagne-Marne
16Offensive when the 109th Infantry Regiment was attacked by
17the German 36th Division. A later German after-action report
18described the battle as "the most severe defeat of the war."
19The unit received campaign participation credit for the
20following: Champagne-Marne, Aisne-Marne, Oise-Aisne, Meuse-
21Argonne, Champagne 1918 and Lorraine 1918. The regiment had
22suffered more than 100% casualties from the time it began
23service in Europe until the signing of the Armistice on
24November 11, 1918. Fighting was so fierce in some battles
25that in one case, an entire battalion was left in command of
26a sergeant. The red "Keystone," the symbol of the
27Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, became the patch of the 28th
28Division. It was the second official unit patch recognized by
29the War Department, even though the symbol of the red
30keystone has been worn on the uniforms of Pennsylvania

1soldiers since the 1870s.

2(5) Ten months before the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl
3Harbor, the 28th Division, including the 109th Infantry
4Regiment, received orders into Federal service. After the
5United States entered World War II, the division trained
6extensively in Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Florida, England and
7Wales. The 109th became a Regimental Combat Team. It landed
8in France after D-Day and fought through Normandy, helped
9liberate Paris and battled through the Hurtgen Forest of
10Germany. Elements of the Regiment led the Division into the
11Rhineland to become the first troops to invade German soil
12since Napoleon and became bitterly engaged in the "West Wall"
13of Germany. The 109th Infantry paid with human life and blood
14as they received the following battle honors: Normandy,
15Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace and Central
16Europe. They also received the following decorations from
17foreign governments: the French Croix de Guerre with Palm,
18streamer embroidered "COLMAR" and the Luxembourg Croix de
19Guerre, streamer embroidered "LUXEMBOURG."

20(6) The most noteworthy of the 109th Infantry's
21achievements during World War II came while the Regiment
22rested in the Ardennes sector, considered a "quiet" area,
23early in December 1944. At that time, the German General Von
24Rundstedt launched the vicious, well-planned battle which
25became known as the Battle of the Bulge. For eleven days the
26109th Regimental Combat Team had frustrated the offensive
27efforts of the German 5th Parachute Division and the 352nd VG
28Division to seize key terrain and establish a firm southern
29defense line for the main offensive thrust to seize Antwerp.
30By December 23, 1944, the 915th Volksgrenadier Regiment,

1352nd Volksgrenadier (VG) Division, the major foe, had been
2eliminated by the 109th Regimental Combat Team as a combat
3organization. Elements of the 914th and 916th Volksgrenadier
4Regiments also suffered sizeable losses. By December 25,
51944, except for the 2nd Battalion, the men of the 109th
6Infantry began to push back north across the Sure River which
7they had slowly been pushed through the previous eleven days.
8They had suffered 1,174 casualties in the battle in just the
9month of December, almost 40% of their effective strength.

10(7) Those of the 109th Infantry also underwent
11mobilization for the Korean War with the 28th Infantry
12Division, Pennsylvania National Guard, as it reinforced NATO
13in Germany in 1950. Several Pennsylvania units saw active
14service in Korea. Additionally, from September 2002 until
15March 2003, the unit was mobilized in support of Operation
16Joint Forge in Bosnia-Herzegovina. On January 4, 2005, the
17battalion mobilized again and was assigned to the 2nd Brigade
18Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division (Mechanized) which
19deployed in June 2005 to Al Anbar Province, Iraq, in support
20of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

21(8) Since that time, the 109th Infantry has provided
22assistance to local residents of northeastern Pennsylvania
23during times of flooding and other natural disasters.
24Additionally, those in the Regiment continue their job of
25maintaining their equipment and training for needed future
26service. Among those who serve at the 109th Infantry
27Headquarters in Scranton are residents of Carbondale,
28Berwick, East Stroudsburg, Honesdale, Milton, Williamsport
29and other areas of Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Wayne, Pike,
30Lycoming and other northeastern Pennsylvania counties. All of

1these who serve do so for all of the people of Pennsylvania
2and the nation and stand proud with the military readiness
3entrusted them according to the Regiment's motto, "CIVES ARMA
4FERANT: Let the Citizens Bear Arms."

5(b) Designation.--Because of the great history, sacrifice
6and commitment of those who have served in the 109th Infantry
7Regiment, the bridge crossing the Lackawanna River along 8th
8Avenue, also known as U.S. Business Route 6, in downtown
9Carbondale, Lackawanna County, is hereby designated the 109th
10Infantry Bridge.

11(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
12maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to
13traffic in both directions on the bridge with the infantry's
14motto "CIVES ARMA FERANT: Let the Citizens Bear Arms" showing on
15the sign. Additionally, the department shall work with officials
16of the City of Carbondale and local residents on properly
17installing the 109th Infantry Regimental Crest with its motto
18"CIVES ARMA FERANT: Let the Citizens Bear Arms" on the bridge in
19the future.

20Section <-2 4 6 9. Effective date.

21This act shall take effect <-immediately. as follows:

<-22(1) Section 3 shall take effect in 60 days.

<-23(1) Sections 3 and 7 shall take effect in 60 days.

24(2) The remainder of this act shall take effect
25immediately.