Posted on 08/01/2023 7:20:10 AM PDT by freeandfreezing
Marine 1st Lt. Harvey “Barney” Barnum jumped to the ground when he came under fire during an ambush in Vietnam that killed his radio operator and commander.
Collecting himself, Barnum realized he was now the highest-ranking officer of a rifle company he’d just joined. He called in artillery and, amid gunfire, dragged the commander to safety, where he died in Barnum’s arms. Then he proceeded to mount a counterattack, oversee evacuation of the wounded and lead the unit’s eventual break out to rejoin the battalion.
To launch a counterattack, he brandished a .45-caliber handgun and told the others to follow him.
The ceremony on Saturday at Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works was a tribute to the Vietnam War hero who during his first firefight was foisted into leadership of Marines who didn’t yet know his name because he’d just joined them a few days earlier.
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What?
Are you implying the USNS HARVEY MILK (T-AO-206) is unworthy of her name and should be renamed from a Medal of Honor winner instead of an LGBTQ+ Pride winner??
Didn't Mr. Milk serve San Francisco with great distinction? After all, they have named schools and other public buildings after him and hold lavish parades in his honor to this very day!
Great story, and no disrespect, but isn’t it unusual to name a ship after a living person?
Carl Vinson?
Navy Sec decides. Done every so often since ‘74.
FWIW, I don’t really like the idea either, although MOH recipients isn’t a bad exception.
Shove it.
Posted for obvious reasons.
What ... you think having USS Barnum and USS Bailey in the same squadron wouldn’t be funny? The sailors would have a blast with that.
YOU shove it!
wildcard_redneck wrote:
I would like to see the striping of all politicians’ names from naval warships unless they had served in the military with distinction.
I don’t know, I’m kind of looking forward to the wailing and gnashing of teeth when the liberals have to celebrate the christening of the USS Donald J Trump.
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