EDWARD ANTHONY DAVIS MEMORIAL BRIDGE - DESIGNATION — 2008 Pa. Act 18 (historical enacted text)

Historical Act text

PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1367 PRINTER'S NO. 1465
INTRODUCED BY ARMSTRONG, FOLMER AND BRUBAKER, SEPTEMBER 10, 2007
SENATOR MADIGAN, TRANSPORTATION, AS AMENDED, OCTOBER 16, 2007
AN ACT
1 Designating State Bridge No. 36-4009-0030-0000, the newly
2 replaced bridge on Dillerville Road in the City of Lancaster,
3 Lancaster County, as the Edward Anthony Davis MEMORIAL <--
4 Bridge.
5 WHEREAS, United States Navy Captain Edward Anthony Davis of
6 Lancaster County, ex-prisoner of war, was awarded three Silver
7 Stars, the Legion of Merit with combat citation, four Bronze
8 Stars with Valor Device, five Air Medals, two Purple Hearts and
9 three Navy Commendation Medals with Valor Device for military
10 service during the Vietnam era; and
11 WHEREAS, Born in Norristown and raised in Roxborough,
12 Montgomery County, Capt. Davis was a champion rower at St.
13 Joseph's Preparatory School, attended Villanova University and
14 was a 1962 graduate of the United States Naval Academy; and
15 WHEREAS, Capt. Davis was shot down over North Vietnam on
16 August 26, 1965, during his 57th combat mission off the aircraft
17 carrier USS Oriskany; and
18 WHEREAS, Capt. Davis endured captivity at the prisoner-of-war
19 camp known as the Hanoi Hilton through February 12, 1973; and
1 WHEREAS, Released with other long-serving prisoners of war as
2 part of Operation Homecoming, Capt. Davis returned with a puppy
3 he had liberated from his captors; and
4 WHEREAS, After repatriation, Capt. Davis completed graduate
5 studies in international relations at the University of
6 Virginia; and
7 WHEREAS, Capt. Davis was the Navy's Director of Advertising
8 and then Commanding Officer of Navy Recruiting District,
9 Harrisburg, before retiring in 1987; and
10 WHEREAS, An outstanding public speaker, Capt. Davis was POW
11 consultant to the National Vietnam War Museum and member of the
12 Lancaster Municipal Airport Authority, the Sertoma Club of
13 Lancaster and the Penn Manor School District Board of Directors;
14 and
15 WHEREAS, Capt. Davis died November 7, 2006, at 67 years of
16 age; and
17 WHEREAS, Capt. Davis was buried with full military honors in
18 Arlington National Cemetery.
19 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
20 hereby enacts as follows:
21 Section 1. Edward Anthony Davis MEMORIAL Bridge. <--
22 (a) Designation.--The newly replaced bridge on Dillerville
23 Road in the City of Lancaster, Lancaster County, State Bridge
24 No. 36-4009-0030-0000, is designated and shall be known as the
25 Edward Anthony Davis MEMORIAL Bridge. <--
26 (b) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
27 maintain appropriate signs which shall display the name of the
28 bridge designated in subsection (a) at each end of the bridge.
29 Section 2. Effective date.
30 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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