Pennsylvania Act 2004-142 — 87TH INFANTRY DIVISION PATTON'S 3RD U.S. ARMY - WWII MEMORIAL INTERCHANGE - DESIGNATION

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87TH INFANTRY DIVISION PATTON'S 3RD U.S. ARMY - WWII MEMORIAL INTERCHANGE
                              - DESIGNATION
                 Act of Nov. 23, 2004, P.L. 952, No. 142              Cl. 87
                                  AN ACT

     Designating Exit 37 on Interstate Route 81 in Cumberland County,
        known as the Newville Interchange, as the 87th Infantry
        Division Patton's 3rd U.S. Army - WWII Memorial Interchange.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

     Section 1.  87th Infantry Division Patton's 3rd U.S. Army - WWII
                    Memorial Interchange.
        (a)  Declaration of policy.--The General Assembly finds and
     declares as follows:
            (1)  The 87th Infantry Division left the United States on
        October 4, 1944, and fully arrived in England in November of
        that year. The division landed in France in early December of
        1944 and embarked on its journey across France and through
        Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany before halting at the
        Czechoslovakian border as hostilities ended in May of 1945.
            (2)  The division, assigned to General George S. Patton's
        3rd Army, served in campaigns in the Ardennes, the
        breakthrough of the Siegfried Line, the Kyll, the Mosselle,
        Koblenz, the Rhine, Plauen and the Mulde, distinguishing
        itself as an outstanding unit.
            (3)  The division became known as the "Liberators of
        Koblenz" after capturing that strategic city.
        (b)  Designation.--Exit 37 on Interstate Route 81 in
     Cumberland County, known as the Newville Interchange, is
     designated as the 87th Infantry Division Patton's 3rd U.S. Army
     - WWII Memorial Interchange.
        (c)  Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
     maintain appropriate signs to indicate the designation under
     subsection (b).
     Section 2.  Effective date.
        This act shall take effect in 60 days.