HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 91

(By Delegate Hanna)

[Introduced March 5, 2019]

Requesting the Division of Highways name bridge number :51-20-39.84 (51A084), locally known as Hacker Valley Truss, carrying WV Route 20 over the Left Fork of Holly River in Webster County, the “U. S. Army SGT. Robert Henry Waggy Memorial Bridge”.

Whereas, Robert Henry Waggy was born on February 23, 1922, in Erbacon, Webster County. He married Anna Lee Mearns.  They had two sons, Robert Henry Waggy II and David Linn Waggy; and

Whereas, Robert Henry Waggy enlisted in the Army Air Force and served during World War II with the rank of Sergeant with the 500th Bomb Squadron; and

Whereas, On March 15, 1945, the plane in which SGT. Waggy was serving as an Armorer Gunner was hit by the debris of an enemy ship blowing up under the B-25 Mitchell Bomber causing it to crash into a ridge killing SGT Waggy and four other crew members; and

Whereas, It is fitting that an enduring memorial be established to commemorate U. S. Army SGT. Robert Henry Waggy for his supreme sacrifice and his contributions 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 :51-20-39.84 (51A084) (38.65282, 80.38369), locally known as Hacker Valley Truss, carrying WV Route 20 over the Left Fork of Holly River in Webster County, the “U. S. Army SGT. Robert Henry Waggy 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 SGT. Robert Henry Waggy Memorial Bridge”; and, be it

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