PRINTER'S NO. 1224
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
989
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY WHITE, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015
AN ACT
Designating a bridge on that portion of State Route 580 over the
Susquehanna River, Cherry Tree Borough, Indiana County, as
the Airman Second Class Gerald Emmett Johnson Memorial
Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Airman Second Class Gerald Emmett Johnson Memorial
Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Airman Second Class Gerald Emmett Johnson of Arcadia
was a crew member of a B-29A Superfortress Bomber with the
371st Bomber Squadron, 307th Bomber Wing during the Korean
War.
(2) On October 23, 1951, the aircraft was shot down by
enemy MIGs over Namsi Airfield and Airman Second Class
Johnson was taken as a prisoner of war.
(3) Airman Second Class Johnson was declared dead on
January 28, 1954.
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(4) Airman Second Class Johnson was awarded the Air
Medal, the Purple Heart, the Prisoner of War Medal, the
Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the
National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit
Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
(b) Designation.--The bridge located on State Route 580 over
the Susquehanna River in Cherry Tree Borough, Indiana County, is
hereby designated the Airman Second Class Gerald Emmett Johnson
Memorial Bridge.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to
traffic in both directions on the bridge.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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