Pennsylvania Act 2006-9 — TIMBERWOLVES MEMORIAL HIGHWAY - 104TH INFANTRY DIVISION, UNITED STATES ARMY - DESIGNATION

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AN ACT

Designating State Route 104 as the Timberwolves Memorial Highway - 104th Infantry Division, United States Army.

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

Section 1. Timberwolves Memorial Highway - 104th Infantry Division.

(a) Findings.--The 104th Infantry Division was activated on September 15, 1942, at Camp Adair and was named the Timberwolves. After 18 months of training at Camp Adair and maneuvers in Eastern Oregon and the California-Arizona desert, the Timberwolves moved to Camp Carson, Colorado, for additional training before departing for Europe in August 1944. The Timberwolves were the first American division to land directly on the European continent at Cherbourg, France, and Utah Beach. The Timberwolves entered combat on October 23, 1944, with the First Canadian Army in Belgium and Holland. The Timberwolves participated in the Northern France, Rhineland and Central Europe Campaigns, suffering 6,223 casualties, including 1,447 killed in action during 195 consecutive days in combat.

(b) Designation.--State Route 104 from State Route 45 in Union County to Routes 11 and 15 in Perry County is hereby designated the Timberwolves Memorial Highway - 104th Infantry Division, United States Army.

(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway under subsection (b) to traffic in both directions.

Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.