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To: El Gato
Naming two of our most significant fleet units after Stennis and Vinson is a disgrace, pure and simple.

Personally, I wouldn't do Presidents, either-but I can see the point of doing it.

How about the USS World Trade Center?

33 posted on 11/19/2001 3:19:50 PM PST by Jim Noble
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To: Jim Noble
Naming two of our most significant fleet units after Stennis and Vinson is a disgrace, pure and simple

With all due respect, those two were wise enough to use their very considerable powers to maintain and promote a strong military construction program, sometimes in opposition to those in the executive and legislative branches who would have slashed the armed forces beyond repair. Without folks like those in Congress, our Navy would would have been reduced to rust years ago and the cold war would have remained quite hot. Even today, veterans groups in Georgia still honor Vinson when they gain nothing by doing so. He was the first person to witness the launching of a U.S. Navy ship named after him. Those honors indicate more than just political back-scratching. They indicate respect.

57 posted on 11/19/2001 4:41:52 PM PST by catpuppy
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