*HC1017*
February 10, 2022
HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION No. 18
DIGEST OF RESOLUTION
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana
Department of Transportation to rename a portion of road after
Second Lieutenant Harry J. Michael.
Campbell, Saunders
January 31, 2022, read first time and referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation.
February 10, 2022, reported — Do Pass.
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Second Regular Session of the 122nd General Assembly (2022)
HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION No. 18
1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana
2 Department of Transportation to rename a portion of road after
3 Second Lieutenant Harry J. Michael.
4 Whereas, Harry J. Michael was a lifelong Hoosier born on
5 March 13, 1922, in Benton, Indiana, and grew up a farm boy in
6 Milford;
7 Whereas, Harry went on to study agriculture at Purdue
8 University, where he was called from his education to serve in
9 the United States Army and put the needs of the nation first;
10 Whereas, Second Lieutenant Michael is the only Purdue
11 student or faculty member awarded the Congressional Medal
12 of Honor;
13 Whereas, Second Lieutenant Michael was killed in the line of
14 duty while serving in Company L, 3rd Battalion, 318th Infantry
15 Regiment, 80th Infantry Division during World War II;
16 Whereas, Second Lieutenant Michael served as a rifle platoon
17 leader when his company began an assault on a wooded ridge
18 northeast of the village of Neiderzerf, Germany, on March 13,
19 1945;
20 Whereas, Second Lieutenant Michael, at the head of his
21 platoon, heard the click of an enemy machine gun bolt and
22 halted his company before moving into the woods and
23 discovering two enemy machine gun crews;
24 Whereas, Second Lieutenant Michael caught the enemy by
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1 surprise when he executed a sudden charge, leading to the
2 capture of both guns and crews;
3 Whereas, Second Lieutenant Michael's actions continued the
4 next day when he led his platoon at daybreak in a flanking
5 movement on the enemy's position. Bitter fighting led to the
6 capture of 25 members of an SS mountain division, three
7 artillery pieces, and 20 horses;
8 Whereas, Second Lieutenant Michael fought bravely, making
9 two personal reconnaissance missions of the woods on his left
10 flank, where he killed two, wounded four, and captured 13
11 enemy soldiers before leading his platoon in a successful
12 assault on a line of enemy pillboxes, capturing the objective,
13 killing 10 enemies and capturing 30 additional prisoners;
14 Whereas, Second Lieutenant Michael was shot and killed
15 while investigating sniper fire directed at his company the next
16 morning; and
17 Whereas, It is fitting that the Indiana General Assembly
18 recognize the heroic actions of Second Lieutenant Harry J.
19 Michael as a Hoosier and a soldier in the U.S. Army:
20 Therefore,
21 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives
22 of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana,
23 the Senate concurring:
24 SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly remembers
25 the heroic actions of Second Lieutenant Harry J. Michael.
26 SECTION 2. That the Indiana General Assembly urges the
27 Indiana Department of Transportation to rename a portion of
28 U.S. Highway 231 from Lindberg Road to the intersection of
29 U.S. 52 and Sagamore Parkway West in West Lafayette,
30 Indiana, the "Harry J. Michael Memorial Highway".
31 SECTION 3. That the Principal Clerk of the House of
32 Representatives shall transmit a copy of this resolution to the
33 Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Transportation, the
34 Tippecanoe County Veterans Council, and the office of State
35 Representative Chris Campbell.
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COMMITTEE REPORT
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Roads and Transportation, to
which was referred House Concurrent Resolution 18, has had the same
under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the
House with the recommendation that said resolution do pass.
(Reference is to HC 18 as printed January 31, 2022.)
PRESSEL
Committee Vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0
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