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A little bit of history

EMCSEMCS Member Posts: 4,063
edited September 2012 in General Discussion
TIL the first US Warship to be named after a Black man was so named in 1943 for a sailor that could only...

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  • zinkzink Member Posts: 6,456 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I served aboard the USS Jesse L. Brown, FF-1089, another for a black man. I was a jet pilot in the Korean war and died when his plane ran out of fuel covering marines that were in a fierce battle (Chosen Reservoir ?).
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  • BoskettiBosketti Member Posts: 1,090 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by zink
    I served aboard the USS Jesse L. Brown, FF-1089, another for a black man. I was a jet pilot in the Korean war and died when his plane ran out of fuel covering marines that were in a fierce battle (Chosen Reservoir ?).

    Perhaps there are a few things you can explain to us mere mortals when you get a chance.
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  • JnRockwallJnRockwall Member Posts: 16,352 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    do they have slot machines up there?

    I gotta know!
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  • gunnut505gunnut505 Member Posts: 10,290 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by zink
    I served aboard the USS Jesse L. Brown, FF-1089, another for a black man. I was a jet pilot in the Korean war and died when his plane ran out of fuel covering marines that were in a fierce battle (Chosen Reservoir ?).


    That would be the Cho Sin.
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