Section 9. Central Pennsylvania Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) Although there was no official declaration of war, it is widely accepted that the Vietnam War started on November 1, 1955, and ended on April 30, 1975, lasting 19 years, 180 days.
(2) On August 2, 1964, the North Vietnamese fired on a United States destroyer anchored in the Gulf of Tonkin, leading Congress to pass the Gulf of Tonkin resolution authorizing a full-scale intervention in the Vietnam War.
(3) On March 8, 1965, the first American combat troops, the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade, landed in Da Nang, Vietnam.
(4) The last American ground troops left Vietnam on March 29, 1973, more than two years before the official end of the war when South Vietnam surrendered to North Vietnam.
(5) Two hundred forty men were awarded the Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War.
(6) In all, approximately 2,700,000 American men and women served in uniform in Vietnam, including over 300,000 Pennsylvanians.
(7) Fifty-eight thousand one hundred forty-eight Americans were killed during the war, including over 3,000 Pennsylvanians.
(b) Designation.--The portion of State Route 192 from the intersection with State Route 477 in Miles Township, Centre County, to the intersection with State Route 144 in Centre Hall Borough, Centre County, is designated as the Central Pennsylvania Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to traffic in both directions on the highway.