SCR 50 — USMC SGT MAJ Herman H. Brawner Memorial Bridge

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Red = new code to be enacted Committee Substitute for SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 50 (By Senators Hamilton, Romano, Martin, Caputo, Jeffries, Lindsay, and Unger) [Introduced[Originating Marchin 22, 2021]   Requesting the DivisionCommittee ofon HighwaysTransportation nameand bridgeInfrastructure; number 49-033/00-015.38 (EB-WB) (49A122-49A123), locally known as MIDDLE FK CON I BM, carrying APD 33 over Middle Fk Rv.

&reported CRMarch 10/1031, in2021] Upshur  County,Requesting the “U.S.M.CDivision SGTof MAJHighways Hermanname H.bridge number 49-033/00-015.38 (EB-WB) (49A122-49A123), locally known as MIDDLE FK CON I BM, carrying APD 33 over Middle Fk Rv.

Brawner& andCR Fayma10/10 Brawnerin MemorialUpshur Bridge”.County, the “U.S.M.C.

SGT MAJ Herman H.

Brawner Memorial Bridge”.

Brawner was enlisted in the United States Marine CorpCorps at the age of 17 during WWII, fighting in the Pacific Theater for the duration of the war;

and Whereas, He went on to have a 30-year military career,career. SGT MAJ Herman H.

BrawnerSGT foughtMAJ inHerman combatH. in three wars:  WWII, Korea, and two tours in Vietnam;

Brawner fought in combat in three wars:  WWII, Korea, and Vietnam, serving two tours in Vietnam;

Brawner and his fellow Marines dug in for an extremely bloody battle on the shore of the Chosin Reservoir with Red Chinese soldierssoldiers, in temperatures that dropped as low as 35 degrees below zero, using sandbags and frozen bodies for protection sincebecause it was too cold to dig foxholes, for which he and his fellow troops were dubbed the “Frozen Chosin”;

Brawner’s tours in Vietnam included an urban battle in the City of HueHue, where he led outnumberedout-numbered Marines into the besieged city, but still managed to kill nearly three times as many Communist North Vietnamese, and helped raise an American flag on Hue’s provincial headquarters. headquarters. Brawner’s notebook showed that the Marine battalion, which he led, suffered some 250 casualties in battle with many more wounded in what is considered by many the bloodiest battle of the Vietnam War;

andBrawner’s Whereas,notebook Duringshowed histhat career,the  SGTMarine MAJbattalion, Hermanwhich H.he led, suffered some 250 casualties in battle with many more wounded in what is considered by many the bloodiest battle of the Vietnam War;

and Whereas, During his career, SGT MAJ Herman H.

and Whereas, Fayma Brawner, the wife of SGT MAJ Herman H.

Brawner, was an accomplished civilian operating room nurse supervisor who endured the endless absence of her husband for many years and forwent a family life so that her husband could heroically serve his country for so many years;

Brawner and his wife, Fayma, chose West Virginia,Virginia following his retirement, where he spent the remainder of his life on his farm in Upshur CountyCounty, providing counsel and help to all who knew him;

and Whereas, It is fitting that an enduring memorial be established to commemorate MarineU.S.M.C SGT MAJ Herman H.

Brawner and Fayma Brawner for theirhis service to our state and country;

& CR 10/10 in Upshur County, the “U.S.M.C“U.S.M.C. SGT MAJ Herman H.

BrawnerSGT andMAJ FaymaHerman BrawnerH. Memorial Bridge”;

and,Brawner beMemorial itBridge”; Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to have made and be placed signs identifying the bridge as the “U.S.M.C SGT MAJ Herman H.

Brawnerand, be it Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to have made and Faymabe Brawnerplaced Memorialsigns Bridge”;identifying the bridge as the “U.S.M.C.

and,SGT beMAJ itHerman FurtherH. Resolved, That the Clerk of the Senate is hereby directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the commissioner of the Division of Highways and to forward a copy to his wife, Fayma Brawner.

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and, be it Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the Senate is hereby directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the Commissioner of the Division of Highways and to SGT MAJ Herman H.

Brawner’s widow, Fayma Brawner.

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