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PRINTER'S NO. 1747
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1220
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY MENSCH, MAY 2, 2016
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, MAY 2, 2016
AN ACT
Designating the portion of State Route 100 from Hereford
Township at the Lehigh County line through Washington
Township in Berks County as the First Lieutenant William R.
Gendebien Memorial Highway.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. First Lieutenant William Raymond Gendebien Memorial
Highway.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) On October 26, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South
Vietnam, VFMA 115 was performing combat operations against
hostile forces.
(2) First Lieutenant William R. Gendebien was performing
his assigned duty as Air Traffic Controller from an aircraft
with the assigned crew in support of VFMA 115 in their combat
operations.
(3) During these operations, hostile actions downed the
aircraft with its crew and it made a crash landing.
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(4) First Lieutenant William R. Gendebien died in the
crash of the aircraft.
(b) Designation.--That the portion of State Route 100 from
Hereford Township at the Lehigh County line through Washington
Township in Berks County is hereby designated the First
Lieutenant William R. Gendebien Memorial Highway.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to
traffic in both directions on the highway.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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