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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Hobbes: [QB] The pic didn't load. A little background info on my ship... [QUOTE]USS FITZGERALD (DDG 62) is the twelfth ship of the Arleigh Burke class of guided missile destroyers. It was commissioned in Newport on 14 October, 1995. Lieutenant William "Bill" Fitzgerald, a native of Montpelier, VT, enlisted in the Navy in 1956. He was selected for officer training in 1959, and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1963. LT Fitzgerald's first ship was the USS Charles H. Roan (DD 853), which was homeported in Newport. At the end of his tour aboard the ROAN, he was selected to be a Naval Advisor to the South Vietnamese Navy, Coastal Defense Group 16. He served 70 miles southeast of Danang, on the Song Ve River near village of Pho An. On 7 Aug 67, they were overrun by Viet Cong forces. LT Fitzgerald ordered his men to evacuate and escape in their small patrol boats. LT Fitzgerald then stayed behind to provide covering fire and coordinate artillery and air strikes. All his men survived, but LT Fitzgerald was killed. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross. The ship's motto is "Protect Your People."[/QUOTE][URL=http://www.surfpac.navy.mil/shipsnav/Fitzgerald/fit1.gif]image[/URL] [URL=http://www.surfpac.navy.mil/shipsnav/Fitzgerald/fit2.gif]image[/URL] http://www.fitzgerald.navy.mil/nstart.htm [/QB][/QUOTE]
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