SCR 38 — Cox Brothers' Veteran Memorial Bridge

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Red = new code to be enacted Committee Substitute for SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 38 (By Senators Romano, Jeffries, and Caputo) [Introduced[Originating Februaryin 07, 2022]   Requesting the DivisionCommittee ofon HighwaysTransportation name bridge number 17-050/00-006.08 (EB and WB) (17A187, 17A189),Infrastructure; (39.28925, -80.49021), locally known as LOG CABIN BRIDGE, carrying APD 50 (EB and WB) over TENMILE CREEK, Harrison County, the “Cox Brothers’ Veteran Memorial Bridge”.

Reported February 10, 2022]   Requesting the Division of Highways name bridge number 17-050/00-006.08 (EB and WB) (17A187, 17A189), (39.28925, -80.49021), locally known as Log Cabin Bridge, carrying U.S.

Route 50 (EB and WB) over Tenmile Creek, Harrison County, the “Cox Brothers Veterans Memorial Bridge”.

and Whereas, Vaughn Cox was with the 101st Airborne, serving as a paratrooper on D-Day beinghe was shot several times before hehitting hit the ground.

Thereafter, Vaughn Cox was picked up by burial crews who discovered that he still was alivestill alive, after which he recovered and returned home with a glass eye having earned three Purple Hearts;

and Whereas, Glenn Cox was stationed with the Navy on Ocracoke Island at a top secret Amphibiousamphibious Trainingtraining Basebase where he operated from the “Loop Shack” to track Nazi U-Boats.

ThenAt at the end of the war, as reported by his daughter, Glenn had the honor of transcribing the radio code message announcing the end of WWII to his fellow sailors;

and Whereas, Edward Cox fought during the horrible battles for Guadalcanal and the Southern Philippines during WWII.

He reenlisted and served in the Korean War, garnering multiple honorshonors, including medals for the Asiatic-Pacific Theater Campaign with two bronze stars, Philippine Liberation Ribbon with one bronze starstar, and the Army of Occupation Medal, Korea;

Marine, PFC-6, during WWIIWWII, serving in the Central Pacific throughout those difficult times;

and Whereas, Carlos Walter Cox was a Staff Sergeant in the Army who served in Northern France and the Rhineland during WWIIWWII, earning multiple service ribbons for valor and bravery;

and Whereas, The Cox Brothers’brothers’ half-brother, Kenneth Bickerstaff, was in the Army and stationed in Australia during WWII to help fight off the Japanese invasion in the Pacific;

That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name bridge numbers: 17-050/00-006.08 (EBnumber 17-050/00-006.08 (EB and WB) (17A187, 17A189) ,WB) (17A187, 17A189), (39.28925, -80.49021)-80.49021), locally known as LOGas CABINLog BRIDGE, carryingCabin APDBridge, 50 (EBcarrying andU.S. WB) over TENMILE CREEK, Harrison County, the “Cox Brothers’ Veteran Memorial Bridge”;

and,Route be50 it(EB Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to have made and beWB) placedover signsTenmile identifyingCreek, theHarrison bridgeCounty, as the “Cox Brothers’Brothers VeteranVeterans Memorial Bridge”;

and, be it Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to have made and be placed signs identifying the bridge as the “Cox Brothers Veterans Memorial Bridge”;