Section 2. First Sergeant Leonard Funk, Jr., Interchange.
(a) Findings.--
(1) First Sergeant Leonard Funk, born in Braddock Hills,
distinguished himself by gallant, intrepid actions against
the enemy at Holzheim, Belgium, on January 29, 1945.
(2) After advancing 15 miles in a driving snowstorm, the
American force prepared to attack through waist-deep drifts.
The company executive officer became a casualty, and Sergeant
Funk immediately assumed his duties, forming headquarters
soldiers into a combat unit for an assault in the face of
direct artillery shelling and harassing fire from the right
flank.
(3) Under his skillful and courageous leadership, this
miscellaneous group and the Third Platoon attacked 15 houses,
cleared them and took 30 prisoners without suffering a
casualty.
(4) Sergeant Funk's bold action and heroic disregard for
his own safety were directly responsible for the recapture of
a vastly superior enemy force which if allowed to remain free
could have taken the widespread units of Company C by
surprise and endangered the entire attack plan.
(5) For his heroic efforts Sergeant Funk received the
Medal of Honor from President Harry Truman at the White
House.
(b) Designation.--The Mon/Fayette Expressway interchange connecting to Commonwealth Avenue and State Route 837 in the City of Duquesne is hereby designated and shall hereafter be known as the First Sergeant Leonard Funk, Jr., Interchange in recognition of the Medal of Honor recipient.
(c) Signs.--The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission shall erect appropriate signs at the interchange displaying the designation under subsection (b).