PRINTER'S NO. 1394
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
227
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY GOODMAN, KNOWLES, BIZZARRO, BURNS, CALTAGIRONE,
COX, T. DAVIS, DEASY, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, FREEMAN, GROVE,
HANBIDGE, HARKINS, HILL-EVANS, IRVIN, JOZWIAK, KINSEY, KORTZ,
LONGIETTI, MARKOSEK, McCLINTON, MILLARD, MULLINS, MURT,
NEILSON, PASHINSKI, READSHAW, RYAN, SAYLOR, SNYDER, SONNEY
AND STAATS, APRIL 15, 2019
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 15, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Honoring the life and service of Milan Barber, who gave his life
protecting others, and extending condolences to his family.
WHEREAS, Milan Barber was born in Steelton in 1920 to Serbian
immigrants who came through Ellis Island in 1910; and
WHEREAS, He enlisted in the United States Navy the day after
Pearl Harbor was attacked and served as a machinist's mate on
the naval destroyer U.S.S. Henry A. Wiley; and
WHEREAS, The destroyer and its crew made many contributions
to the South Pacific Campaign, including a critical supporting
role in the Battle of Iwo Jima; and
WHEREAS, After the war, Mr. Barber spent time as an
instructor of engine room mechanics at the United States Naval
Academy in Annapolis, Maryland; and
WHEREAS, He later became a police officer for the borough of
Minersville, Schuylkill County; and
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