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baldeagle
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 Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 2:20 am Post subject: Admiral Stockdale to get ship named after him |
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New Destroyer Honors Vietnam War POW and Medal of Honor Recipient
The Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer will be named in honor of Vice Adm. James Bond Stockdale (1923-2005), the legendary leader of American prisoners of war (POWs) during the Vietnam War.
In addition to the Medal of Honor, Stockdale received 26 combat medals and awards, including two Distinguished Flying Crosses, three Distinguished Service Medals, two Purple Hearts and four Silver Stars.
"Read all about it here"
http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2006/nr20060112-12305.html
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GenrXr
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They should of given his name to a carrier. Didn't they name a carrier after H Bush. pfft
Oh well a destroyer is a mighty vessel. Maybe more fitting for Stockdale as seeing the destroyer protects the fleet.
Do destroyers still protect the fleet or is that cruisers now?
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mtboone
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Do destroyers still protect the fleet or is that cruisers now?
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Layered lines of defenses. Destroyers out front doing ASW and air defense, Cruisers doing air defense, Carriers and support ships to the center. When the big blast goes off, depending on distance and direction, turn towards it if it is close and turn away it to the stern if away and from the blast. Either way, you are dead depending how close you are to the blast.[/quote]
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rbshirley
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| mtboone wrote: | | ... if it is too close turn away from the blast .... |
An old sarcastic Navy saying: "A__ to the blast. Balls to the wall"
sKerry's response to his shipmates' time of crisis on the Bay Hap
Not something that a ship named after Stockdale would consider
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