SCR 45 — US Army Corporal T-5 Albert John "Engine" Arco Memorial Bridge

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Red = new code to be enacted Committee Substitute for SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 45 (By Senators Romano, Facemire, Jeffries, and Prezioso) [Introduced[Originating Februaryin 23, 2019]   Requesting the DivisionCommittee ofon HighwaysTransportation nameand bridgeInfrastructure; number 17A103, locally known as the Joyce Street Bridge, carrying Joyce Street over Highway U.

S.Reported March 5, 2019]   Requesting the Division of Highways name bridge number 17A103, locally known as the Joyce Street Bridge, carrying Joyce Street over Highway U.S.

50 in Harrison County, the “U.“U.S.

S.

Whereas, This year being the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landing in Europe and the 75th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of the Bulge, it is appropriate and required to honor United States Army Corporal T-5 Albert John “Engine” ArcoArco, who served his country proudly during WW II;

and Whereas, Albert John “Engine” Arco was a 19-year old enlistee in the U.U.S.

S.Army when, on June 6, 1944, he jumped, in full gear, from an amphibious landing craft into the sea during the Normandy landing, where the waters were covered with the bloodied bodies of his comrades.

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and Whereas, Albert John “Engine” Arco's battalion was instrumental in the liberation of Paris, then humbly adjourned to a nearby park with all other Americans so French General Charles de Galle could proudly march into Paris with his troops and declare victory over German troops for the French people.  His battalion joined with the 3rd Army and its commander, General George S.

blood and guts, for sure”, because of the general’s aggressive battle tacticstactics, which caused Arco to wear the same uniform 10 straight months.

Albert John “Engine” Arco fought in the Battle of the Bulge, manning a 50-caliber machine gun when the 3rdThird Army and General Patton punched through German lines to relieve the American defenders of Bastogne, Belgium, commanded by General Anthony Clement “Nuts” McAuliffe, also a West Virginia native.

and Whereas, Albert John “Engine” Arco was a lifelong resident of Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia, a graduate of Washington Irving High School, and the retired owner of thea Clarksburg landmark, the Red Caboose restaurant, for over 50 years.

He always celebrated the D-Day landing each year at the Red Caboose and remained a loyal and active member of VFW Post 573 and American Legion Post 13 until his death on September 14, 2018;

That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name bridge number 17A103, locally known as the Joyce Street Bridge, carrying Joyce Street over Highway U.U.S.

S.50 in Harrison County, the “U.S.

50 in Harrison County, the “U.

S.

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 “U.“U.S.

S.

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