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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY PICCOLA, ALLOWAY, ARGALL, BROWNE, BRUBAKER, COSTA, DINNIMAN, EARLL, ERICKSON, FERLO, FONTANA, GREENLEAF, O'PAKE, ORIE, PIPPY, RAFFERTY, ROBBINS, SMUCKER, STOUT, TARTAGLIONE AND M. WHITE, DECEMBER 14, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, DECEMBER 14, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Designating State Route 283, from the PA Turnpike Interchange in |
2 | Lower Swatara Township, Dauphin County, to State Route 30 in |
3 | Manheim Township, Lancaster County, as the 283rd Field |
4 | Artillery Battalion Highway. |
5 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
6 | hereby enacts as follows: |
7 | Section 1. The 283rd Field Artillery Battalion Highway. |
8 | (a) Findings.-- |
9 | (1) The soldiers of the United States Army's 283rd Field |
10 | Artillery Battalion served with valor and distinction in |
11 | combat in the European Theater of Operations in World War II. |
12 | The battalion was in combat for 268 continuous days and |
13 | traveled a total distance of approximately 10,757 miles over |
14 | land and sea during active service. |
15 | (2) The 283rd Field Artillery Battalion was activated at |
16 | Camp Rucker, Alabama, on June 25, 1943. After a year of |
17 | stateside training, the Battalion sailed to the United |
18 | Kingdom on June 22, 1944, where training continued at Camp |
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1 | Llanover, Wales, before cross-channel deployment. |
2 | (3) The 283rd Field Artillery Battalion was part of the |
3 | historic landing at Utah Beach on August 11, 1944. The |
4 | battalion fought through France to Berchtesgaden, Germany, |
5 | during the Campaign for Northern France from August 11 to |
6 | September 14, 1944. |
7 | (4) The 283rd continued combat in the Campaign for the |
8 | Rhineland from September 15, 1944, to March 22, 1945, and in |
9 | the Campaign for Central Europe from March 23, 1945 to May 8, |
10 | 1945 (VE Day). |
11 | (5) During the final campaign, the 283rd Field Artillery |
12 | Battalion took part in the Battle of Bamberg, the Battle of |
13 | Nurnberg and the Battle of Munich. |
14 | (6) Not organic to any specific division, the 283rd |
15 | Field Artillery Battalion served under various headquarters |
16 | of Armies, Corps, Groups and Divisions. |
17 | (b) Designation.--State Route 283, from the PA Turnpike |
18 | Interchange in Lower Swatara Township, Dauphin County, to State |
19 | Route 30 in Manheim Township, Lancaster County, is designated as |
20 | the 283rd Field Artillery Battalion Highway. |
21 | (c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and |
22 | maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to |
23 | traffic in both directions. |
24 | Section 2. Effective date. |
25 | This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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