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IN SCR0007
Concurrent Resolution
AI Summary
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Urges the Indiana Department of Transportation to name the bridge crossing Doans Creek on State Road 45/58, east of U.S. Highway 231 in Greene County, the "Major Emerson Y. Barker Memorial Bridge"
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Honors Major Emerson Y. Barker, born January 17, 1920, in Greene County, Indiana, who served as commanding officer of the 419th Night Fighter Squadron in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II
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Major Barker participated in the first night raid on Rabaul, a Japanese Air Base in the South Pacific, on January 22-23, 1944, and was killed on June 12, 1944, when his airplane exploded over the Pacific Ocean
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Major Barker was awarded the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters and received a memorial headstone at Arlington National Cemetery on June 13, 2012
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Passed Senate committee unanimously (8-0) on January 29, 2019, and was adopted by the full Senate by voice vote on January 31, 2019
Legislative Description
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to name the bridge crossing Doans Creek on Highway 45/58 the "Major Emerson Y. Barker Memorial Bridge".
Last Action
First reading: referred to the Committee on Roads and Transportation
2/7/2019