PRINTER'S NO. 638
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
655
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY LANGERHOLC, APRIL 25, 2023
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 25, 2023
AN ACT
Designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 8555, carrying
State Route 1007 over Chest Creek on the border of Allegheny
Township and East Carroll Township, Cambria County, as the
Sergeant Regis H. Driskel Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sergeant Regis H. Driskel Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Sergeant Regis H. Driskel was born October 23, 1923,
in Loretto.
(2) Prior to his military service, Sergeant Driskel
worked at Sanctis Construction, Inc., in Pittsburgh and Paul
Construction Company, Inc., in Cresson.
(3) Sergeant Driskel enlisted in the United States Army
on June 28, 1944, in New Cumberland.
(4) Sergeant Driskel was serving with the 309th
Infantry, 78th Division, when he was killed in action.
(5) Sergeant Driskel and his unit were driving toward
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Germany in the final months of World War II, with the
objective of capturing bridges and dams prior to the German
forces destroying them.
(6) Sergeant Driskel and his unit were attempting to
capture Schwammenauel Dam when the unit saw heavy combat,
which resulted in Sergeant Driskel's death on February 6,
1945.
(7) Sergeant Driskel was posthumously awarded the Purple
Heart for his service and sacrifice for our nation.
(8) Sergeant Driskel is buried at the Netherlands
American Cemetery in Margraten, Netherlands, which Mia
Wetzler took care of for 52 years as a display of her
gratitude for the sacrifice given for the liberation of her
country, the Netherlands.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key 8555,
carrying State Route 1007 over Chest Creek on the border of
Allegheny Township and East Carroll Township, Cambria County, is
designated as the Sergeant Regis H. Driskel 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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