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IN HCR0006
Concurrent Resolution
Status
1/9/2018
Primary Sponsor
Terry Goodin
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AI Summary
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Urges the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename a section of U.S. Highway 421 from the Jefferson/Ripley county line to the U.S. Highway 421 and State Road 62 intersection as the "Major Samuel Woodfill Memorial Highway"
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Major Samuel Woodfill was the only Hoosier awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor during World War I and served in the Philippine-American War, World War I, and World War II for more than 40 years
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General John Pershing called Woodfill "the greatest American soldier of the world war" and Woodfill was the most decorated American serviceman during World War I, receiving multiple international military honors including the French Croix de Guerre with Palm and the French Legion of Honor
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On October 12, 1918, at Cunel, France, Major Woodfill attacked machine gun bunkers three times, killing or capturing German soldiers each time, and suffered long-term effects from mustard gas exposure
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Requires the Principal Clerk of the House of Representatives to transmit a copy of the resolution to the Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Transportation and Major Woodfill's family
Legislative Description
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename the section of U.S. Highway 421 from the Jefferson/Ripley county line to the U.S. Highway 421 and State Road 62 intersection the "Major Samuel Woodfill Memorial Highway".
Last Action
First reading: referred to the Committee on Roads and Transportation
1/9/2018