Bill Text: GA HR253 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: SGT Rodney Maxwell Davis Memorial Interchange; Bibb County; dedicate
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-16 - House Second Readers [HR253 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HR253-Introduced.html
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House
Resolution 253
By:
Representatives Randall of the
138th,
Lucas of the
139th,
Epps of the
140th,
Peake of the
137th,
and Jordan of the
77th
A
RESOLUTION
Honoring
the life and service of SGT Rodney Maxwell Davis and dedicating an interchange
in his honor; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
SGT Rodney Maxwell Davis, a native of Bibb County, Georgia, and a Platoon Guide
with Company B, First Battalion, Fifth Marines, First Marine Division of the
United States Marine Corps, was killed in action on September 6, 1967, during a
search and clear mission in the Quang Nam Province of the Republic of Vietnam;
and
WHEREAS,
he stood amid heavy arms and mortar fire to verbally encourage each man in his
platoon, though they were entrenched and facing a numerically superior force of
attacking enemy combatants; and
WHEREAS,
SGT Rodney Maxwell Davis committed the ultimate act of self-sacrifice by
throwing himself upon an enemy grenade, thereby absorbing the force of the
explosion and protecting his comrades from injury or death; and
WHEREAS,
for his gallantry and valor, and his upholding of the highest traditions of the
United States Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service, SGT Rodney
Maxwell Davis was posthumously awarded the nation's highest military decoration,
the Congressional Medal of Honor; and
WHEREAS,
he also received the Purple Heart, the National Defense Service Medal, the
Vietnam Service Medal, the Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, the Armed Forces
Expeditionary Medal, the Military Merit Medal, the Republic of Vietnam Campaign
Medal, and the Vietnam Gallantry Cross; and
WHEREAS,
it is only proper and fitting that SGT Rodney Maxwell Davis be honored as a true
American hero by a permanent memorial to his contributions to our
country.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that the members of
this body honor the outstanding heroism and bravery of SGT Rodney Maxwell Davis
and dedicate the interchange at I-75 and I-475 in south Bibb County as the SGT
Rodney Maxwell Davis Memorial Interchange.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Transportation is authorized and
directed to erect and maintain appropriate signs dedicating the SGT Rodney
Maxwell Davis Memorial Interchange.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to transmit appropriate copies of this resolution to the family of
SGT Rodney Maxwell Davis and the Department of Transportation.
