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ellisonz

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Fri Dec 16, 2011, 05:19 AM Dec 2011

Bill deals with sailors killed in 1804, Jewish WWI heroes, ship names

December 15, 2011 | 6:29 pm

Will Jewish American World War I heroes be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor?

Can the remains of American sailors killed in Tripoli in 1804 be brought home?

What will be contained in a Navy report to Congress on its policies for naming ships after controversy emerged over the naming of a vessel after labor leader Cesar Chavez?

Those are questions that will be addressed by the Pentagon as a result of little-noticed measures tucked into a defense bill that cleared Congress on Thursday.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2011/12/defense-bill-deal-deals-with-sailors-killed-in-1804-jewish-world-war-i-veterans-ship-naming-policy.html

I don't think Cesar Chavez would have wanted a Navy vessel named after him.

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Bill deals with sailors killed in 1804, Jewish WWI heroes, ship names (Original Post) ellisonz Dec 2011 OP
Maybe they're naming it aftber the Mexican boxing champ from the 80s Bucky Dec 2011 #1
They should just name it after Oscar De La Hoya. ellisonz Dec 2011 #2
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