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Senate
Resolution 814
By:
Senator Goggans of the 7th
A
RESOLUTION
Honoring
Virgil T. Barber for his service to his country and dedicating a bridge in his
honor; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
Virgil T. Barber served in the Third Chemical Battalion assigned to the Third
Army, United States Army, from October 17, 1940, until March 26, 1945;
and
WHEREAS,
Virgil T. Barber served as a medical technician and served in the Sicilian
campaign, the Italian campaign, and in France and Germany; and
WHEREAS,
he was wounded on January 9, 1944, with a compound fracture in his right leg;
and
WHEREAS,
Virgil T. Barber was awarded the American Defense Service Medal, the Silver
Star, the Purple Heart, the European African Medal, and the Eastern Theatre
Medal; and
WHEREAS,
it is fitting and appropriate to honor Virgil T. Barber for his service to the
United States of America, the State of Georgia, and Berrien County with the
naming of the SR 125 bridge on the Willacoochee River in honor of his
service.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that the bridge at
the Willacoochee River on SR 125 in Berrien County, Georgia, is dedicated as the
Virgil T. Barber Bridge.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit appropriate copies of this resolution to Virgil T. Barber and to the
Department of Transportation.