HAMMAN died to the everlasting glory of the United States Naval Service, and to the glory of evey man and woman who has put himself, or herself, in harm's way to defend his and her's people and country. HAMMAN's death is not different from JOHNSTON's at Leyte Gulf, in the Battle Off Samar Island.
Don't see those boys as tragic. The Viet Nam War, which we took part in, destroyed the Soviet Union and the whole idea, in the end, of Communism. A truly noble accomplishment. Our dead young lad's blood, that I can still, in memory, smell, those boys whom I will never forget, that blood was well spent. Your effort, my effort, helped make justice. We did good work. Do not think otherwise. You would do an injustice to our dead.