HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 5

(By Delegates Cooper, Pack and Paynter)

[Introduced January 15, 2019]

Requesting the Division of Highways name bridge number  32-122-7.94 (32A054) (37.54070,  -80.66364), locally known as Indian Creek Bridge #1, carrying WV 122 over Indian Creek in Monroe County, the “U. S. Army T/5 Maurice V. Mann Memorial Bridge”.

Whereas, Maurice V. Mann was born January 14, 1922, at Bellepoint, West Virginia; and

Whereas, Maurice V. Mann was inducted into the United States Army October 22, 1942, and entered active service November 5, 1942; and

Whereas, T/5 Maurice V. Mann was trained as a tank mechanic and during World War II drove an armored personnel carrier with the Army’s 52^nd Armored Infantry Battalion of the 9^th Armored Division.  During action at the Battle of the Bulge, T/5 Maynard and several of his fellow soldiers were captured by German forces December 19, 1944, and held until liberated in April of 1945; and

Whereas, T/5 Mann returned to West Virginia to recuperate at the Greenbrier Hotel which served as a hospital during the war; and

Whereas, For his service, T/5 Maurice V. Mann was awarded the Bronze Service Star, the American Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal and the POW medal; and

Whereas, Maurice V. Mann drove a bus for Monroe County Schools for many years; and

Whereas, T/5 Mann died in 1998; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name bridge number  32-122-7.94 (32A054) (37.54070,  -80.66364), locally known as Indian Creek Bridge #1, carrying WV 122 over Indian Creek in Monroe County, the “U. S. Army T/5 Maurice V. Mann Memorial Bridge” and be it

Further Resolved, That the Commissioner of the Division of Highways is hereby requested to have made and be placed signs identifying the bridge as the “U. S. Army T/5 Maurice V. Mann Memorial Bridge”; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates forward a copy of this resolution to the Commissioner of the Division of Highways.