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In Memoriam: Rear Admiral Eric Alton McVadon, Jr...

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Mar. 17, 2022
It is with deep regret I inform you of the passing of Rear Admiral Eric Alton McVadon, Jr., U.S. Navy...
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In Memoriam: Rear Admiral Harry Kenneth Fiske, U...

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Mar. 09, 2022
It is with deep regret I inform you of the passing of Rear Admiral Harry Kenneth Fiske, U.S. Navy (Retired) on...
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In Memoriam: Admiral Thomas B. Hayward, USN (Ret...

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Mar. 07, 2022
It is with deep regret I inform you of the passing of Admiral Thomas Bibb Hayward, U.S. Navy (Retired), on 3...
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In Memoriam: Rear Admiral Ronald Charles Wilgenb...

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Mar. 01, 2022
It is with deep regret I inform you of the passing of Rear Admiral Ronald Charles Wilgenbusch, U.S. Navy...
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LCDR Ernest Evans, USN Description: (1908-1944) At the commissioning ceremonies of USS Johnston (DD-557), Seattle, Washington, 27 October 1943. He was Johnston's Commanding Officer from then until she was sunk in the Battle off Samar, 25 October 1944, and was lost with the ship. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

Nov. 29, 2016

Surface Warrior - Remembering Ernest Evans

"In no engagement of its entire history has the United States Navy shown more gallantry, guts and

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Oct. 6, 2016

An Iconic Figure to Remember, Admiral Elmo Zumwalt Jr.

Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., a U.S. Navy admiral, whose naval career extended from World War II to the

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Oct. 17, 2014

Remembering the First Black Women Naval Officers

"Navy to admit Negroes into the WAVES," so read the newspaper headlines Oct. 19, 1944. For the first

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Sept. 11, 2014

9/11: The First Act of Defiance against the Enemies of Freedom: A Sailor's Experience at the Pentagon

A combined graphic images of USS New York (LPD 21), USS Somerset (LPD 25) and USS Arlington (LPD 24) all named in honor of the events of September 11, 2001. (Graphic Image by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Clifford L. H. Davis, Naval Histor...