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THIRD READING
Bill No: ACR 60
Author: Gilmore (R)
Amended: 6/11/09 in Senate
Vote: 21
SEN. TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE : 11-0, 6/9/09
AYES: Lowenthal, Huff, Ashburn, DeSaulnier, Harman,
Hollingsworth, Kehoe, Oropeza, Pavley, Simitian, Wolk
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 73-0 (Consent), 5/14/09 - See last page
for vote
SUBJECT : The Medal of Honor Recipient Larry Stanley
Pierce
Memorial Highway
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution designates the portion of State
Route 46 within the city limits of Wasco in Kern County as
The Medal of Honor Recipient Larry Stanley Pierce Memorial
Highway."
ANALYSIS : On September 26, 1965, at the age of 24, Larry
Stanley Pierce was serving as a sergeant in charge of a
reconnaissance platoon of the 1st Battalion of the 173rd
Airborne Brigade of the U.S. Army near Ben Cat in Vietnam
when his platoon was ambushed by hostile forces with
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machine gun fire. Sergeant Pierce and his platoon routed
the ambushing party and gave chase to the remaining enemy
forces. Sergeant Pierce's squad came upon a dirt road and,
as the main body of his men entered the road, Sergeant
Pierce discovered an antipersonnel mine in the road bed.
Realizing that the mine could destroy the majority of his
squad, Sergeant Pierce saved the lives of his 29 men at the
sacrifice of his life by throwing himself directly upon the
mine as it exploded. For his actions, President Johnson
posthumously awarded Sergeant Pierce the Medal of Honor and
promoted him to Staff Sergeant, citing his conspicuous
gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and
beyond the call of duty. Staff Sergeant Pierce was laid to
rest in Wasco Memorial Park. In 2008, the federal
government renamed the United States Postal facility in
Taft as the Larry S. Pierce Post Office.
This resolution designates the portion of State Route 46
within the city limits of Wasco in Kern County as "The
Medal of Honor Recipient Larry Stanley Pierce Memorial
Highway." The resolution further requests the Department
of Transportation to erect appropriate signs upon receiving
donations from non-state sources to cover the costs.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: Yes
SUPPORT : (Verified 6/23/09)
City of Wasco (source)
Cruz Rodriguez, Wasco Post Commander of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars
AMVETS, Department of California
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Anderson, Arambula, Beall, Bill Berryhill,
Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block, Blumenfield, Brownley,
Buchanan, Caballero, Charles Calderon, Carter, Chesbro,
Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon, DeVore,
Duvall, Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong,
Fuller, Furutani, Galgiani, Gilmore, Hagman, Hall,
Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman,
Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Krekorian, Lieu, Logue, Bonnie
Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Miller, Monning, Nava, Nestande,
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Niello, Nielsen, John A. Perez, V. Manuel Perez,
Portantino, Price, Ruskin, Salas, Silva, Skinner,
Solorio, Audra Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres,
Torrico, Tran, Villines, Yamada
NO VOTE RECORDED: Ammiano, Fuentes, Gaines, Garrick,
Saldana, Smyth, Bass
JJA:cm 6/23/09 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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