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PRINTER'S NO. 1859
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1570
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY SCHMITT, JAMES, STAATS, KAUFFMAN, BRENNAN,
HADDOCK, ROWE, SMITH AND GILLEN, JUNE 6, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 9, 2025
AN ACT
Designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Keys 5599/5600,
carrying Interstate 99 over PA Route 36 in Logan Township,
Blair County, as the Jack E. and Sheldon L. Chambers Memorial
Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Jack E. and Sheldon L. Chambers Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Jack E. Chambers was born June 19, 1924, in Altoona.
(2) Jack E. Chambers was the son of Harry and Edna
Chambers and had two brothers, Harry and Thomas, and two
sisters, Irene and Joyce.
(3) Jack E. Chambers enlisted in the United States
Marines Corps on June 14, 1942, at the age of 17.
(4) Jack E. Chambers was stationed in Australia, New
Zealand, New Guinea and Guam.
(5) Jack E. Chambers achieved the rank of Corporal,
Third Amphibian Tractor Battalion, Third Amphibious Corps,
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Fleet Marine Force.
(6) On July 21, 1944, while in command of an Amphibian
Tractor crew during the landing of assault troops on Guam,
and observing two troop-loaded tractors incapacitated by
shells from an enemy mortar concentration on the reef, Jack
E. Chambers without hesitation braved a hail of withering
mortar fire and led his crew to the incapacitated tractors,
courageously removed the troops from the wreckage and
returned them to the beach, where he was subsequently killed
by hostile fire.
(7) Jack E. Chambers was 20 years old, and for his
dedicated service received the Bronze Star, Purple Heart,
World War II Victory Medal and various service medals.
(8) Jack E. Chambers is buried at the National Cemetery
of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.
(9) Sheldon L. Chambers was born November 16, 1920, in
Altoona.
(10) Sheldon L. Chambers was the son of Oscar and Sarah
Chambers and had five brothers, Leroy, Reginald, Robert,
Russell and Charles, and three sisters, Verna, Audrey and
Janet.
(11) Sheldon L. Chambers attended Altoona High School,
graduating in 1939.
(12) Sheldon L. Chambers enlisted in the United States
Army Air Force in June 1939 following graduation from high
school.
(13) Sheldon L. Chambers served as a Flight Officer/Co-
Pilot in the United States Army Air Force, 308th Bomber
Group, Heavy, 425th Bomber Squadron.
(14) On January 25, 1944, Sheldon L. Chambers was on the
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crew of the B-24J Liberator #42-73308, nicknamed "Hot as
Hell," when the crew took off from Kunming Airfield in China
during a routine flight to Chabua Airfield in India, where
the crew was reported missing with no trace and officially
declared dead on January 26, 1946.
(15) On December 7, 2006, the wreck of "Hot as Hell" was
located in Damrah, Arunchal Pradesh State, India by Clayton
Kuhles.
(16) For his dedicated service, Sheldon L. Chambers was
awarded the Air Medal, Purple Heart, United States Aviator
Badge Army, World War II Victory Medal, American Campaign
Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Army Good Conduct
Medal and Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Keys
5599/5600, carrying Interstate 99 over Pennsylvania Route 36 in
Logan Township, Blair County, is designated as the Jack E. and
Sheldon L. Chambers Memorial Bridge.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to
traffic in both directions on the bridge.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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