By Delegates Paxton, Andes, Barker, Evans, Hall, Hatfield
1 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 96 2 (By Delegates Paxton, Andes, Barker, Evans, Hall, Hatfield, 3 Longstreth, Martin, Moye, Nelson, ROmine and Savilla) 4 (Introduced February 29, 2012) 5 6 Requesting the Division of Highways to name a stretch of highway on 7 West Virginia Route 62 from the New Haven corporate limit, 8 mile point 38.43 to the intersection of County Route 12, mile 9 point 44.57, in Mason County, West Virginia, the “Fields 10 Brothers Memorial Highway”. 11 WHEREAS, Franklin, David, Gerald, Bill, Ray, Glenn and Doc were 12 seven of nine sons of David and Laura Fields of Hartford in Mason 13 County, West Virginia, entered the military and served their 14 country in World War II, Korean War and the Vietnam War; and 15 WHEREAS, Franklin Fields was born June 23, 1920, entered the 16 Navy and fought the Japanese on the Pacific during World War II. 17 Franklin was on Okinawa when Japan surrendered. Franklin also had 18 two sons, Eugene and Jack, who served in the Air Force; and 19 WHEREAS, David Fields Jr. was born January 15, 1922, entered 20 the Navy and fought in the Pacific. David’s first ship, USS PC 466, 21 sank. His second ship, USS Arthemis(AKA 21)was at the invasion of 22 Iwo Jima, and was in Tokyo Bay when Japan surrendered; and 23 WHEREAS, Gerald Fields was born July 12, 1923, entered the Army 24 and served in Germany as an ambulance driver. Gerald received the 1 1 American Theater Ribbon, EAME Theater Ribbon w/2 Bronze Stars, Good 2 Conduct Medal, and Victory Medal World War II.
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