1Designating the bridge carrying State Route 88 over the Ten Mile
2Creek connecting Jefferson Township, Greene County, and East
3Bethlehem Township, Washington County, as the Lieutenant
4General William M. Keys Bridge.

5The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

6hereby enacts as follows:

7Section 1. Lieutenant General William M. Keys Bridge.

8(a) Findings.--

9(1) Lieutenant General William M. Keys was born in
10Fredericktown, Pennsylvania.

11(2) General Keys graduated from the United States Naval
12Academy with a bachelor of science degree in 1960. He also
13holds a master's degree from American University and an
14honorary doctorate in Public Service from Washington and
15Jefferson College.

16(3) General Keys' professional military education
17includes The Basic School, Amphibious Warfare School and the

1Command and Staff College. He is also a graduate of the
2National War College.

3(4) General Keys served as company commander with the
41st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment during the Vietnam
5Conflict. As captain, he led units against the numerically
6superior North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong forces.

7(5) During General Keys' second tour of duty in Vietnam,
8he served as a major and an advisor to a Vietnamese Marine
9Brigade.

10(6) General Keys served as Commanding General of the 2nd
11Marine Division during Desert Storm.

12(7) In his capacity as Commanding General, General Keys
13prepared more than 20,500 marines, the heaviest marine
14division ever assembled, for deployment and combat operations
15in the Persian Gulf.

16(8) During Desert Storm, General Keys developed a highly
17successful two-axis attack, which marked him a superb
18tactical leader. General Norman Schwarzkopf praised General
19Keys' two-axis attack by calling it "Simply brilliant!"

20(9) General Keys has been awarded the Navy Cross, Silver
21Star, Bronze Star with Combat "V", two Distinguished Service
22Medals, the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Cross of
23Gallantry, Legion of Merit with Combat "V", Defense
24Meritorious Service Medal and Vietnam Service Medal with four
25bronze stars.

26(10) General Keys has also been chosen to wear Colonel
27Merritt A. "Red Mike" Edson's rank insignia, an honor fewer
28than 12 Marines have ever received.

29(11) General Keys served 34 years in the United States
30Marine Corps at every level of operational command and was

1the Marine Corps Liaison Officer to the United States Senate
2and Deputy, Joint Secretariat, Joint Chiefs of Staff,
3Washington, DC.

4(12) General Keys retired from the United States Marine
5Corps on September 1, 1994.

6(b) Designation.--The bridge carrying State Route 88 over
7the Ten Mile Creek connecting Jefferson Township, Greene County,
8and East Bethlehem Township, Washington County, is hereby
9designated as the Lieutenant General William M. Keys Bridge.

10(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
11maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to
12traffic in both directions on the bridge.

13Section 2. Effective date.

14This act shall take effect in 60 days.