PRINTER'S NO. 1226
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1065
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY DUSH, CALTAGIRONE, RYAN, SONNEY, LONGIETTI,
HENNESSEY, BERNSTINE, JAMES, DiGIROLAMO, KAUFFMAN, MILLARD,
MURT, KINSEY, COX, STAATS, PYLE, MASSER, HILL-EVANS, PICKETT,
VITALI, SAINATO, READSHAW, IRVIN, NEILSON, OBERLANDER,
HEFFLEY AND STRUZZI, APRIL 5, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 5, 2019
AN ACT
Designating a bridge on that portion of State Route 3033 over
Redbank Creek in Brookville Borough, Jefferson County, as the
CPL James Slagle 2nd Ranger Battalion Army Ranger WWII
Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. CPL James Slagle 2nd Ranger Battalion Army Ranger
WWII Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) CPL James Slagle, a graduate of Brookville Area High
School, served as a United States Army Ranger in the 2nd
Ranger Battalion during World War II.
(2) On June 6, 1944, CPL Slagle's unit stormed the
shores of Normandy as part of the D-Day operation.
(3) When his unit landed on Omaha Beach, CPL Slagle was
hit seven times by German machine gun fire and laid in the
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surf most of the day until dragged to higher ground by
another soldier.
(4) After spending 18 months in Army hospitals
recovering from his wounds, CPL Slagle returned home to
Brookville.
(5) CPL Slagle was a member of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars and served as commander of Post 204.
(6) CPL Slagle became best known as Brookville's "Flag
Man" and founder of the Main Street Flag Association, an
organization that purchased and maintained United States
flags along Brookville's Main Street.
(b) Designation.--The bridge located on State Route 3033
over Redbank Creek in Brookville Borough, Jefferson County, is
designated the CPL James Slagle 2nd Ranger Battalion Army Ranger
WWII Memorial Bridge.
(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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