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To: eekitsagreek

They thought of Fletcher enough to name a destroyer class after him.


29 posted on 06/05/2008 12:03:58 AM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Red Steel
They thought of Fletcher enough to name a destroyer class after him.

The WWII Fletcher class destroyers were actually named after his uncle, Admiral Frank Friday Fletcher. As for Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, a Spruance class destroyer is named in his honor.

32 posted on 06/05/2008 12:09:59 AM PDT by eekitsagreek (Give me a Stanley Cup (or Amy Grant) PLEASE!)
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