Committee Substitute

for

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 45

(By Senator Baldwin)

[Originating in the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; Reported February 22,2022]

Requesting the Division of Highways name bridge number 10-017/00-001.40 (10A062), (37.97567, -81.11939), locally known as the Arbuckle Creek Bridge in Fayette County, the “U.S. Army CPL John D. Doyle, Sr. Memorial Bridge”.

Whereas, John D. Doyle, Sr. was born on August 20, 1913, in Minden and raised in that community where he and his mother Katherine Doyle were members of the Saints Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church.  He graduated from Collins High School in Oak Hill and went to work at the New River and Pocahontas Coal Company in Minden; and

Whereas, Answering his nation’s call, CPL John D. Doyle, Sr. entered military service on October 15, 1942.  He was assigned to the Armor Corps where he was trained as a tank crewman. He was ultimately deployed to the European Theater of Operations and fought in the North Africa, Sicily, and Italy campaigns; and

Whereas, During the invasion of Italy CPL John D. Doyle, Sr. was assigned to Company A, 751st Tank Battalion which landed at Anzio. On May 23, 1944, during the breakout operations, CPL John D. Doyle, Sr. was killed in action in Italy when his tank was severely damaged by enemy fire; and

Whereas, CPL John D. Doyle, Sr. was initially interred in an Allied Cemetery in Italy and later repatriated in 1949 to America and West Virginia where he lays to rest today at the High Lawn Memorial Park in Oak Hill; and

Whereas, It is fitting that an enduring memorial be established to commemorate CPL John D. Doyle Sr. and his ultimate sacrifice to our state and country; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name bridge number 10-017/00-001.40 (10A062), (37.97567, -81.11939), locally known as the Arbuckle Creek Bridge in Fayette County, the “U.S. Army CPL John D. Doyle, Sr. Memorial Bridge”; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to have made and be placed signs at both ends identifying the bridge as the “U.S. Army CPL John D. Doyle, Sr. Memorial Bridge”; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the Senate is hereby directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the Commissioner of the Division of Highways.