PRINTER'S NO. 1523
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
279
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY KINSEY, LEWIS, FREEMAN, V. BROWN, BIZZARRO,
TOOHIL, DUSH, SONNEY, BAKER, CHARLTON, PASHINSKI, SOLOMON,
MURT, MUSTIO, O'NEILL, DAVIS, BARRAR, JAMES, DiGIROLAMO,
WATSON, W. KELLER, VAZQUEZ, CALTAGIRONE, DRISCOLL, BULLOCK,
COX, QUIGLEY, McNEILL, CORR, MILLARD, O'BRIEN, DeLUCA,
SCHWEYER, PHILLIPS-HILL, GOODMAN, HENNESSEY, WARD, J. HARRIS,
BARBIN, MILNE, MARSICO AND RYAN, APRIL 24, 2017
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 24, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Remembering the distinguished military service and widely
respected citizenship of retired Air Force Major John L.
Harrison, Jr., a decorated Tuskegee Airman and longtime
resident of the City of Philadelphia's Society Hill
neighborhood who died on March 22, 2017, at 96 years of age.
WHEREAS, Born in Kansas on December 14, 1920, Major John L.
Harrison, Jr., graduated from the former Omaha University in
Nebraska; and
WHEREAS, Major Harrison's specialized flight training as a
command pilot began with a segregated military unit in Alabama,
where he was one of the original Tuskegee Airmen; and
WHEREAS, In his service with the Air Force and its
predecessor military branch, the Army Air Corps, Major Harrison
bravely met the challenges of combat and the continuing
challenges of discrimination; and
WHEREAS, Major Harrison attained distinction as the first
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