A00308
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
592
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY IRVIN, DONATUCCI, MURT, SONNEY, DiGIROLAMO,
MILLARD, BERNSTINE, T. DAVIS, KORTZ, LONGIETTI, COX, SIMMONS,
PICKETT, STAATS, KINSEY, WARNER, GROVE, RYAN, OBERLANDER,
NEILSON, READSHAW, HILL-EVANS, DEASY, MARKOSEK AND MULLINS,
MARCH 1, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 1, 2019
AN ACT
Designating a bridge on that portion of Pennsylvania Route 305
over Shaver's Creek in Barree Township, Huntingdon County, as
the Private Harold E. "Jim" Knode Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Private Harold E. "Jim" Knode Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Private Harold E. "Jim" Knode was a native of the
McAlevys Fort area.
(2) In February 1944, Private Knode was drafted into the
United States Army at age 28 and served with the 179th
Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division.
(3) On November 28, 1944, Private Knode was killed while
crossing the Moselle River between France and Germany.
Private Knode was interred in what became the Epinal American
Cemetery in Dinozé, France.
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(4) Private Knode was awarded the Bronze Star, the
Purple Heart, the Good Conduct Medal, the European-African
Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal
and a lapel button for Honorable Service.
(a) (b) Designation.--The bridge located on Pennsylvania
Route 305 in Barree Township, Huntingdon County, over Shaver's
Creek is designated the Private Harold E. "Jim" Knode Memorial
Bridge in honor of Huntingdon County native Private Harold E.
"Jim" Knode, who lost his life on November 28, 1944, while
serving with the United States Army in France during World War
II.
(b) (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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