4002 AMS BAUM S5978.1
HJM 4002 - S AMD 810
By Senator Baumgartner
NOT ADOPTED 03/01/2018
On page 1, after line 6, insert the following:
"WHEREAS, Samuel Grashio, a native of Spokane, Washington, served in the United States Army Air Forces from 1940 to 1965 with great faith and patriotism; and
WHEREAS, Samuel Grashio fought in the Battle of Bataan in 1942, the first land battle for Americans in World War II; and
WHEREAS, Samuel Grashio's bravery led him to survive the Bataan Death March; and
WHEREAS, Samuel Grashio was part of the only known successful group escape of a Japanese prison camp; and
WHEREAS, Samuel Grashio earned the Distinguished Service Cross and the Silver Star (with cluster) during the war; and
WHEREAS, Samuel Grashio returned to serve his community in a role at Gonzaga University, of which he was an alumnus; and"
On page 1, line 10, after "WHEREAS," strike "His" and insert "Thomas S. Foley's"
On page 1, line 13, after "WHEREAS," strike "He" and insert "Thomas S. Foley"
On page 1, line 16, after "WHEREAS," strike "He" and insert "Thomas S. Foley"
On page 2, beginning on line 13, after "395" strike all material through "his" on line 14 and insert "from Spokane to Ritzville as the "Samuel Grashio Memorial Highway" and from Ritzville to Pasco as the "Thomas S. 'Tom' Foley Memorial Highway" to honor their"
EFFECT: Changes the request to rename US 395 from all Tom Foley to half Tom Foley and half Samuel Grashio.
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