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
USS Richard H. Best?
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Re: USS Richard H. Best?
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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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.
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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Thanks for that, I'll look out for it. His biography is excellent as well, "Never Call Me a Hero".
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Re: USS Richard H. Best?
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
LINK: http://www.military.com/daily-news/2023 ... _230227.nl
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