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 Post subject: USS Richard H. Best?
PostPosted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 10:30 am 
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I'm surprised to find out the Navy never named a warship after Richard Best, who sank the carrier Akagi and possibly helped sink the Hiryu in the Battle of Midway.


LINK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Halsey_Best


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 Post subject: Re: USS Richard H. Best?
PostPosted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 12:46 pm 
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Or Norman "Dusty" Kleiss for that matter, credited with three hits at Midway. Both Kleiss and Best earned the Medal of Honor that day IMHO, but "only" received the Navy Cross.

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 31, 2023 12:04 am 
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INCHHIGH:

I have the bluray documentary WORLD WAR II: 360 which features the USS Enterprise in WW II and it features and interviews Kleiss in the Midway episode.


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 Post subject: Re: USS Richard H. Best?
PostPosted: Tue Jan 31, 2023 9:54 am 
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Thanks for that, I'll look out for it. His biography is excellent as well, "Never Call Me a Hero".

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 01, 2023 8:04 pm 
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INCHHIGH:


There's this warship.

LINK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Gabrielle_Giffords


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 Post subject: Re: USS Richard H. Best?
PostPosted: Mon Feb 27, 2023 10:14 am 
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The Navy names a destroyer after one of it's first nurses: the USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee.

LINK: http://www.military.com/daily-news/2023 ... _230227.nl


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PostPosted: Mon Feb 27, 2023 11:04 am 
It is the second USS Higbee. The first was DD-806.


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