[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 21922]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            ED DAVIS TRIBUTE

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Madam Speaker, Admiral Chester Nimitz, in describing the 
bravery of Americans battling for Iwo Jima, said, ``Uncommon valor was 
a common virtue.''
  Captain Ed Davis, who died last week at age 67, was a man of most 
uncommon valor. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Captain Davis was 
shot down over Vietnam in 1965, and he would spend the next 7\1/2\ 
years as a prisoner in Hanoi.
  When finally released from captivity, he said, ``When I first saw 
that flag''--meaning the U.S. flag--``I knew it was all worth it.''
  To those of us who knew him, his death is a great loss. But his 
passing is also a great loss to the country he loved.
  Captain Davis won three silver stars, the Legion of Merit with Combat 
Citation, five air medals, two purple hearts, as well as numerous other 
honors both military and civilian.
  Our thoughts and our prayers and those of a grateful Nation go out to 
his family. May he rest in peace.

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