Section 6. Ensign Henry Clay Drexler Interchange.
(a) Findings.--
(1) Born in Braddock, on August 7, 1901, he graduated
from the United States Naval Academy in 1924.
(2) At 3:35 on the afternoon of October 20, 1924, while
the USS Trenton was preparing to fire trial installation
shots from the two six-inch guns in the forward twin mount of
the vessel, two charges of powder ignited, trapping 20 men in
the twin mount.
(3) Ensign Drexler, without thought for his own safety,
on seeing that the charge of powder for the left gun was
ignited, jumped for the right charge and endeavored to put it
in the immersion tank. The left charge burst into flames and
ignited the right charge before Ensign Drexler could
accomplish his purpose. He fell on the spot where he was
making a supreme effort to save his shipmates.
(4) Ensign Drexler was awarded the Medal of Honor by a
Special Act of Congress on February 3, 1933, one of the few
Medals of Honor ever bestowed on an individual not in a
combat theater.
(b) Designation.--The Mon/Fayette Expressway interchange with Sixth Street in Braddock is hereby designated and shall hereafter be known as the Ensign Henry Clay Drexler 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).