THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY BAKER, PILEGGI, ROBBINS, PIPPY, ERICKSON, FOLMER, FONTANA, ORIE, RAFFERTY, SMUCKER, YAW, GREENLEAF AND TARTAGLIONE, JANUARY 18, 2011

REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 18, 2011  

AN ACT

Designating a bridge on that portion of State Route 0006 over

the Lackawaxen River, Honesdale Borough, Wayne County, as the

Brigadier General Richard J. Tallman Memorial Bridge.

The General Assembly finds and declares that:

(1)  Brigadier General Richard J. Tallman was born on

March 28, 1925, in Honesdale Borough, Wayne County.

(2)  General Tallman served in World War II and received

a battlefield commission following the Battle of the Bulge.

(3)  After World War II, General Tallman graduated from

the United States Military Academy at West Point, Class of

1949.

(4)  General Tallman served in the Korean Conflict and

the Vietnam Conflict.

(5)  On July 9, 1972, General Tallman was killed in

action on his fourth tour in Vietnam during the Battle of An

Loc.

(6)  General Tallman was the last general killed in

action during the Vietnam Conflict.

(7)  The family of General Tallman has continued his

military legacy. Two of his children and five grandchildren

are graduates of the United Stated Military Academy at West

Point. In total, eleven of his grandchildren serve in the

United States Armed Forces.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Brigadier General Richard J. Tallman Memorial

Bridge.

(a)  Designation.--The bridge located on State Route 0006

over the Lackawaxen River, Honesdale Borough, Wayne County, is

hereby designated the Brigadier General Richard J. Tallman

Memorial Bridge.

(b)  Signs.–-The Department of Transportation shall erect and

maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to

traffic in both directions on the bridge.

Section 2.  Effective date.

This act shall take effect in 60 days.