When I heard the reports of our navy sending ships to save the captain and crew of the Maersk Alabama off the coast of Somalia, I couldn't believe my ears. NPR said that one of the ships was named the USS Haliburton. I thought, "You've got to be kidding?". Is our military selling naming rights? Are we that hard up for cash? Or is it something more sinister? Is the military-industrial complex becoming an ever-blurring line in the sand of our tax dollars?
Well, leave it to Wikipedia to clear this up. If you do a search on
"USS Haliburton", you will not get a match (THANK YOU!!!). But, if you search for "USS Halyburton", you will read a summary of a ship that was named for Pharmacist's Mate Second Class William D. Halyburton, Jr. (1924–1945). Halyburton was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism while serving with the 5th Marines, during the Battle of Okinawa.
"USS Haliburton", you will not get a match (THANK YOU!!!). But, if you search for "USS Halyburton", you will read a summary of a ship that was named for Pharmacist's Mate Second Class William D. Halyburton, Jr. (1924–1945). Halyburton was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism while serving with the 5th Marines, during the Battle of Okinawa. Thank you to Wikipedia from keeping me from having a stroke/coronary over the possibility that we had really sold out as a country.
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