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CA SCR72

Concurrent Resolution

Official Source

Status

Passed

9/5/2014

Primary Sponsor

Alex Padilla

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Origin

Senate

2013-2014 Session

AI Summary

  • Designates the interchange of State Highway Route 5 and State Highway Route 118 in Los Angeles as the David M. Gonzales Medal of Honor World War II Memorial Interchange
  • Honors Private First Class David M. Gonzales, who received the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously for heroic actions on April 25, 1945, in the Philippines, where he rescued trapped soldiers while under enemy fire
  • Requests the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs for this designation and erect them upon receiving sufficient donations from nonstate sources
  • Gonzales was killed in action on April 25, 1945, while saving the lives of three of five buried comrades during combat on the Villa Verde Trail in Luzon, Philippines

Legislative Description

David M. Gonzales Medal of Honor World War II Memorial

Last Action

Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 148, Statutes of 2014.

9/5/2014

Committee Referrals

Appropriations8/26/2014
Transportation8/18/2014
Appropriations8/5/2014
Transportation and Housing1/23/2014
Rules9/12/2013

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