Sep. 18, 2024
WHAT: State Rep Seth Grove (R-York) and members of the Stambaugh Family will host a ceremony to designate the bridge carrying U.S. Route 30 over Paradise Creek between Paradise Township and Jackson Township, York County, as the Private Edward J. Stambaugh Memorial Bridge.
WHEN: Friday, Sept. 20, at 9:30 a.m.
WHERE: Paradise Evangelical Lutheran Church, 3241 Church Road, Thomasville, PA 17364.
LIVE WEBSTREAMING: Barring any technical difficulties, the press conference will be livestreamed on
PaHouseGOP.com.
BACKGROUND: Stambaugh enlisted in the U.S. Army on Sept. 8, 1942, he served the country with valor and honor as a member of M-Company, 116th Regiment, during World War II. M-Company landed and fought in the Normandy invasion on D-Day. Surviving the beach invasion, Stambaugh and his company continued west through the French countryside, securing towns for Allied troops.
On June 16, 1944, troops moved toward St. Lo, France. Their advance was met with heavy enemy fire, and on the report from M-Company it listed Stambaugh was killed in action. Stambaugh was buried on June 23, 1944, at the La Cambe Cemetery, located approximately 6.5 miles west of Omaha Beach.
On Jan. 20, 1948, Stambaugh’s remains were returned to the United States. He was laid to rest on Feb. 19, 1948, at the Paradise Holtzschwamm Lutheran Church Cemetery in Thomasville, York County. He was awarded a Purple Heart medal posthumously.
Media contact: Charlie O’Neill, 267.303.7028, coneill@pahousegop.com