PRINTER'S NO. 3565
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2433
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY SACCONE, READSHAW, HENNESSEY, BURNS, O'NEILL,
DiGIROLAMO, COX, CALTAGIRONE, MALONEY, HILL-EVANS, SONNEY,
DUSH, EMRICK, SOLOMON, MILLARD, BARRAR, HELM, LONGIETTI,
SAINATO, HICKERNELL, REESE, RYAN AND SAYLOR, MAY 23, 2018
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MAY 23, 2018
AN ACT
Designating the future bridge on that portion of Pennsylvania
Route 88 over Peters Creek, Finleyville Borough, Washington
County, as the John Emerick Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. John Emerick Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Sergeant John Emerick, a native of Mount Pleasant,
Westmoreland County, enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1940.
(2) Following the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, Sergeant
Emerick was deployed to the Bataan Peninsula, Philippines,
initially serving in the 19th Air Base Squadron and later
transferring to the 31st infantry unit in an attempt to halt
the Japanese advance in the region.
(3) With limited food, water and supplies, and following
the order of his commander, Sergeant Emerick, along with
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