Section 10. Captain Edward Anthony Davis Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) United States Navy Captain Edward Anthony Davis of Lancaster County, ex-prisoner of war, was awarded three Silver Stars, the Legion of Merit with Combat Citation, four Bronze Stars with Valor Device, five Air Medals, two Purple Hearts and three Navy Commendation Medals with Valor Device for military service during the Vietnam Conflict.
(2) Born in Norristown and raised in Roxborough, Montgomery County, Captain Davis was a champion rower at St. Joseph's Preparatory School, attended Villanova University and was a 1962 graduate of the United States Naval Academy.
(3) Captain Davis was shot down over North Vietnam on August 26, 1965, during his 57th combat mission off the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany.
(4) Captain Davis endured captivity at the prisoner-of-war camp known as the Hanoi Hilton through February 12, 1973.
(5) Released with other long-serving prisoners of war as part of Operation Homecoming, Captain Davis returned with a puppy he had liberated from his captors.
(6) After repatriation, Captain Davis completed graduate studies in international relations at the University of Virginia.
(7) Captain Davis was the Navy's Director of Advertising and then Commanding Officer of Navy Recruiting District, Harrisburg, before retiring in 1987.
(8) An outstanding public speaker, Captain Davis was POW consultant to the National Vietnam War Museum and a member of the Lancaster Airport Authority, the Sertoma Club of Lancaster and the Penn Manor School District Board of Directors.
(9) Captain Davis died November 7, 2006, at 67 years of age.
(10) Captain Davis was buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery.
(b) Designation.--The bridge on Dillerville Road in the City of Lancaster, Lancaster County, State Bridge No. 36-4009-0030-0000, is designated and shall be known as the Captain Edward Anthony Davis Memorial Bridge.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs which shall display the name of the bridge designated in subsection (b) at each end of the bridge.