From:	"Paul J. Adam" <paul@********.demon.co.uk>
Subject:	Re: Naval units (was Re: Killing in Shadowrun...)
Date:	Tue, 28 May 1996 18:57:23 +0100

>>Except he's still alive, which breaks another convention :) And Truman
>>was never a Navy man.

>What about Arlie Burke (I think that's the correct spelling) He has a class
>of frigates named after him, and he's still alive.

Admiral Arleigh "31-Knot" Burke had the DDG-51 class of destroyers named
for him, but it was considered a little unusual that he was still alive
when the nameship launched.

He died earlier this year, sadly.

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praiseworthy."
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Paul J. Adam paul@********.demon.co.uk