Posted on 06/03/2025 1:11:17 PM PDT by Drew68
I disagree. Naming a ship after Harvey Milk was a disgrace and a stain on the Navy. Pete Hegseth is fixing this.
As I posted on the other thread, if it was so important for the Navy to honor a gay sailor, what not the USNS Rock Hudson?
He served honorably, wasn't a pederast, and kept his private life private. Then again, Hudson was a Republican so this wasn't going to happen.
They announced it late yesterday, just in time to put a damper on celebrations honoring Jefferson Davis’ birthday today.
Today is also the anniversary of when Billy Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie bridge, according to the "Ode to Billy Joe": "It was the third of June, a sleepy, dusty delta day..."
According to news reports, the USS Robert Smalls may be decommissioned next years. It will be 37 years old by that time.
Changing the name of the Navy ship Chancellorsville dishonors the memory of the Confederates that fought there - and also dishonors the memory of the U.S. soldiers who fought and died there.
When you are woke the only thing that matters is destroying American history - and America itself.
They make it sound Heroic. This guy was given control of the ship by it's owner who trusted him. What he did was backstab the guy who trusted him. Nothing heroic about it.
He did nothing daring to get control of the ship. He simply betrayed a trust.
One would have thought they could have come up with a better example for renaming a ship than this.
I think the Smalls story would make a fantastic movie.
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