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A fitting honor to Lt. Murphy of Patchougue NY. The last Arleigh Burke-class destroyer will bear the name of a Navy SEAL awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in Afghanistan.

Too bad this is set to be the final Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer.
1 posted on 05/07/2008 9:12:30 PM PDT by rmlew
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To: rmlew
Shoot. I missed the original thread
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2012775/posts?page=1
2 posted on 05/07/2008 9:15:59 PM PDT by rmlew (Down with the ersatz immanentization of the eschaton known as Globalism.)
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To: rmlew
And there's the USS Jason Dunham
3 posted on 05/07/2008 9:32:29 PM PDT by real saxophonist (The fact that you play tuba doesn't make you any less lethal. -USMC bandsman in Iraq)
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To: rmlew
Named after our fallen heroes are the only names that should go on these Naval ships. Forget about these freakin Presidents who give away our country sovereignty.
5 posted on 05/07/2008 9:46:12 PM PDT by notaliberal (Christ Our Hope!)
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If there were a ‘Wildfire’ missile, there’d be a heck of a joke here...


6 posted on 05/07/2008 10:14:28 PM PDT by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
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To: rmlew
His team's story is told in Lone Survivor.
8 posted on 05/08/2008 1:39:03 PM PDT by bruin66 (Time: Nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once.)
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