[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 82 (Tuesday, May 24, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E781-E782]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    IN RECOGNITION OF THOMAS GARVEY

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                          HON. PATRICK MEEHAN

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 24, 2016

  Mr. MEEHAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Thomas Garvey, a 
native of Ridley Park, Delaware County, Pennsylvania who served as an 
Army Ranger and Special Forces officer during the war in Vietnam.
  A graduate of St. James High School in Chester, Thomas Garvey 
enlisted in the Army in 1965 in Philadelphia. He volunteered to serve 
as a paratrooper and eventually entered Officer Candidate School. He 
earned his Ranger tab and led a Special Force ``A-

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Team'' detachment along the Vietnam-Cambodian border in 1968.
  Just last year, Garvey completed a book that drew from his 
experiences in Vietnam. Nearly 50 years in the making, Garvey's ``Many 
Beaucoup Magics'' is his account of the dangers and costs of war as he 
saw them firsthand.
  Mr. Speaker, Thomas Garvey will be honored next week at the Ridley 
Park Memorial Day Ceremony, where he will serve as keynote speaker. I 
congratulate him on this honor and thank him for his service to our 
country.

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