[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 53 (Monday, March 24, 2025)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E245]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 HONORING THE BOROUGH OF CHESILHURST, NEW JERSEY HOMETOWN HERO: RANDY 
                                 DAVIS

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                          HON. DONALD NORCROSS

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 24, 2025

  Mr. NORCROSS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor and commend Randy 
Davis. Randy Davis was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at Temple 
University Hospital on February 13, 1966. He was raised in the Borough 
of Chesilhurst for the first 15 years of his life before he and his 
family made the move to West Atco, New Jersey in the early 1980's. 
Randy continued and completed his high school education in West Atco, 
New Jersey where he graduated in the Class of 1984.
  Following his graduation from High School, Randy Davis heeded the 
call to serve and enlisted in the United States Army in 1985. He was 
sent to Fort Leavenworth in Kansas where he completed his basic 
training prior to being stationed at Fort Knox, Kentucky. While in the 
service he was trained as a Tanks Specialist. At the time of his 
enlistment, Operation Desert Storm was in full effect and members of 
his unit with prior training were deployed overseas. During the 
operation, Randy served as a member of the 144th Supply Command out of 
Hammonton, New Jersey where he proudly worked to help supply his fellow 
servicemen and women fighting overseas.
  Randy Davis proudly served in the United States Army for seven years 
before he was honorably discharged in 1992. After his active-duty 
service, he returned to the Borough of Chesilhurst, New Jersey where he 
built his civilian life for nearly another 15 years prior to moving to 
Pine Hill. Throughout his career, Randy spent 11 years as a bricklayer 
before working as an employee at Trump World's Fair at Trump Plaza in 
Atlantic City, New Jersey for another 11 years.
  Today, Mr. Davis continues to serve his community. Inspired by a 
tradition that began with his mother while he was still a child, Randy 
Davis works with a group of community members to put together an annual 
family and friends reunion that is free and open to all. An event where 
he provides food, music, movies and musical performances for members of 
the community and their children. When he was a child he recalled 
members of the community coming to his yard during barbeques where they 
would say ``hello'' and sit down to eat. Mr. Davis tries each year to 
preserve that tradition and sense of community within the Borough.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask you to join me in honoring and commending Randy 
Davis of the Borough of Chesilhurst, New Jersey, a resident dedicated 
to his community, family and country, who has thoroughly served them to 
the best of his ability.

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