Pennsylvania SR 326: A Resolution urging the President of the United States, White House staff and Federal public health officials to use the Federal Government's power to order the manufacturing of essential testing supplies, procure supplies for widespread testing and direct needed resources to states, including Pennsylvania, to mitigate additional exposure to COVID-19 due to widespread business reopenings.

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PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1743 PRINTER'S NO. 1840
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No. 326
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY MASTRIANO, PENNYCUICK, ROBINSON, ROTHMAN, YAW,
KIM, ARGALL, BROOKS, BROWN, COSTA, KEEFER, MARTIN, PHILLIPS-
HILL, PICOZZI, VOGEL, J. WARD AND FARRY, MAY 26, 2026
AS AMENDED, JUNE 24, 2026
A RESOLUTION
Urging the members of the United States Senate and the United
States House of Representatives to review Major Richard D.
Winters' actions at Heteren Crossroads in Holland in 1944 and
to award RECOMMEND AWARDING him with the Congressional Medal
of Honor.
WHEREAS, Major Richard D. Winters, 101st Airborne, 506th
Parachute Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion Company, is most
widely known from the HBO mini-series Band of Brothers; and
WHEREAS, In addition to recognizing Major Winters, it is
important to remember September 2026 as the 25th anniversary of
the Band of Brothers mini-series; and
WHEREAS, Major Winters enlisted in August 1941 and attended
Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia, where he
graduated in July 1942 as a 2nd Lieutenant; and
WHEREAS, Major Winters completed Paratrooper Training at Camp
Toccoa, Georgia, in August 1942 and Specialized Jump Training at
Fort Benning, Georgia, before being deployed to Europe; and
WHEREAS, Major Winters parachuted into enemy territory on
June 6, 1944, D-Day; and
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WHEREAS, Major Winters was promoted to Captain of Easy
Company of the 101st Airborne, 506th Parachute Infantry
Regiment, 2nd Battalion Company on July 1, 1944; and
WHEREAS, On October 5, 1944, Major Winters, as a Captain,
sent out a four-member reconnaissance patrol to search for
enemies near Nijmegen; and
WHEREAS, The four-member reconnaissance patrol was ambushed,
resulting in all four members sustaining wounds, with PFC James
Alley, Jr., receiving 32 shrapnel wounds; and
WHEREAS, Despite the ambush, Major Winters' decision to send
the patrol saved the rest of the company from an enemy ambush;
and
WHEREAS, On October 5, 1944, Major Winters, as a Captain, led
a bayonet assault with 35 men against a company of more than 250
German SS troops at the Heteren Crossroads in Holland; and
WHEREAS, Major Winters' quick actions led to the German SS
company sustaining more than 160 casualties and 36 of the German
infantry taken as prisoners of war; and
WHEREAS, Major Winters' men sustained one soldier killed in
action and 20 other men wounded in action; and
WHEREAS, Major Winters' actions at Heteren Crossroads
prevented a large group of German SS troops from attacking the
1st and 2nd Battalion Headquarters; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
urge the United States Senate and the United States House of
Representatives to award RECOMMEND AWARDING the Congressional
Medal of Honor to Major Richard D. Winters of Easy Company,
101st Airborne, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion
Company; and be it further
RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
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the presiding officers of each house of Congress and to each
member of Congress from Pennsylvania.
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