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• United States Navy Hospital Corpsman
  |issued_by= [[United States Navy]] ...d injury and assist health care professionals in providing medical care to Navy people and their families. They may function as clinical or specialty techn
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• Sailor's Creed
  '''The Sailor's Creed''' is a [[creed]] of the [[United States Navy]], originally developed for the promotion of personal excellence. ...result of this meeting at the Naval War College was the eight point ''The Navy Uniform'', and was later scaled down to a shorter version called The Sailor
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• United States Navy Hospital Corpsman
  |issued_by= [[United States Navy]] ...d injury and assist health care professionals in providing medical care to Navy people and their families. They may function as clinical or specialty techn
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• 1983 Beirut barracks bombing
  ...dmark|name=USMCBarracksatBeirutAirport|display=inline,title}}<br/>[[United States Marine Corps]] [[barracks]], [[Beirut Airport]] ...s struck separate buildings housing [[Military of the United States|United States]] and [[Military of France|French military forces]]—members of the Multin
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• Hooah
  '''Hooah''' ({{IPA-en|ˈhuːɑː|pron}}) is a [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] [[battle cry]] used<ref>[http://www.cavhooah.com/hooah.htm ...ce Combat Control Team|Combat Controllers]] or "[[Hooyah]]" among [[United States Air Force Pararescue|Pararescue]]<ref>http://usmilitary.about.com/od/joints
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• USS Durant (DE-389)
  ...cort]] in the [[United States Navy]], which served briefly in the [[United States Coast Guard]]. She was named for Pharmacist's Mate Third Class Kenneth W. D ...commission in reserve at San Diego 10 'April 1954. She was returned to the Navy 16 June 1954, and reclassified '''DER-389''', 7 December 1955. After conver
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• USS Brister (DE-327)
  ...oyer escort|''Edsall''-class]] [[destroyer escort]] of the [[United States Navy]], named for [[Ensign]] [[Robert E. Brister]] (1920–1942). ...cessful trans-[[Atlantic]] escort crossings to [[Italy]] and five to the [[United Kingdom]]. On 8 June 1945 she departed [[New York City]] for the [[Pacific
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• USS Finch (DE-328)
  |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United States|coast guard}} ...|Edsall-class]] [[destroyer escort]] in the service of the [[United States Navy]]. She was named in honor of Lieutenant [[Joseph W. Finch, Jr.]], USNR.
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• USS Lansing (DE-388)
  ...dsall''-class destroyer escort]], was the only ship of the [[United States Navy]] to be named for Aviation Machinist Mate First Class [[William Henry Lansi She was transferred to the Coast Guard in June 1952. Upon her return to the Navy in 1954 ''Lansing'' was converted to a radar picket escort ship and given t
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• USS Hissem (DE-400)
  ...ER-400)''' was an [[Edsall class destroyer escort]] of the [[United States Navy]]. She was named for [[Joseph Hissem]]. ...anti-submarine and anti-aircraft training on the East Coast of the United States. The ship transported over 500 paratroopers in March 1945, taking them on b
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• USS Dale W. Peterson (DE-337)
  ...ecognition|posthumously awarded]] the [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)|Distinguished Flying Cross]] for his actions during the [[Battle of the Co ...17 February 1944, [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[A. A. Hero]] [[United States Navy Reserve|USNR]], in command.
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• USS Willis (DE-395)
  ...395)''' is an {{Sclass|Edsall|destroyer escort}}, the first United States Navy ship so named. This ship was named for Ensign Walter Michael Willis (14 Jan ...the 6th. The destroyer escort underwent post-shakedown availability in the navy yard there over the ensuing week and sailed on 15 February for the Chesapea
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• USS Holder (DE-401)
  ...129)|''Edsall''-class]] [[destroyer escort]] built for the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. Named for Lieutenant (junior grade) [[Randolph M ''Holder'' decommissioned at [[New York Navy Yard]] 13 September 1944, and was struck from the [[Naval Vessel Register]]
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• USS Menges (DE-320)
  ...cort|''Edsall''-class]] [[destroyer escort]] built for the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. Named for Ensign [[Herbert Hugo Menges]] (a nava ...le off the coast of [[Algiers]] en route to the [[East Coast of the United States|east coast of the U.S.]], was attacked by 30 [[Nazi Germany|German]] [[torp
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• USS Frederick C. Davis (DE-136)
  ...129)|''Edsall''-class]] [[destroyer escort]] built for the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. Named for Ensign Frederick Curtice Davis (a nava ..., during which her superlative and courageous performance was to win her a Navy Unit Commendation. After providing protection from [[submarine]]s and aircr
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• USS Fiske (DE-143)
  |Ship country=United States ...cort|''Edsall''-class]] [[destroyer escort]] built for the [[United States Navy]] during World War II. Named for Rear Admiral Bradley Allen Fiske, she was
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• USS Leopold (DE-319)
  ...'' was an {{sclass|Edsall|destroyer escort}} built for the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. Named for [[Ensign (rank)|Ensign]] [[Robert Lawr ...ander (United States)|Lieutenant Commander]] Kenneth C. Phillips, [[United States Coast Guard|USCG]], in command.
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• USS Jacob Jones (DE-130)
  ...provided destroyer escort service against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. ...arted with [[Task Force]] 64 escorting a convoy bound back to the [[United States]].
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• USS Hammann (DE-131)
  ...provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. *{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/h2/hammann-ii.htm}}
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• USS Robert E. Peary (DE-132)
  ...provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. ...s. Between 28 March 1944 and 7 June 1945, she escorted 10 convoys to the [[United Kingdom]] and, after June 1944, to [[France]].
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• USS Flaherty (DE-135)
  |Ship honours=4 [[battle stars]] plus a [[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Unit Citation]] ...vided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]].
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