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Originally Posted by GunnyG
Your quote was correct you if you're wrong...I corrected you, because you were wrong. USS Ronald Reagan was commissioned AFTER he died. That's the point I was making. There ARE ships named after living people. USS George H. W. Bush being that. Nice discussion, though.  OP wondered why no ships named after OEF/OIF fallen heroes. USS Jason Dunham was named after an OIF vet. |
Gunny, the REAGAN was commissioned before Reagan passed away. I was on the ship at the time and were were in transit to San Diego from Virginia at the time. The CO (Capt. James Symonds) actually left the ship during the transit and attended the funeral and presented the Ensign that was flying over the ship when we heard he had passed away to Mrs. Reagan.
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