THE U.S. NAVY’S NEWEST VESSEL IS BEING NAMED FOR A FORMER NEBRASKA OFFICIAL.
THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY ANNOUNCED SATURDAY THAT THE NEWEST ARLIEGH BURKE CLASS GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYER WILL BE NAMED THE U.S.S. ROBERT KERREY.
KERREY WAS THE RECIPIENT OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR HIS SERVICE AS A NAVY SEAL IN THE VIETNAM WAR.
THE 81 YEAR OLD KERREY SERVED AS NEBRASKA’S GOVERNOR FROM 1983 TO 1987 AND THEN AS A U.S. SENATOR FROM 1989 TO 2001.
PHOTO FROM U.S. CONGRESS
