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Originally Posted by Stealhead
I bet that you will never find anything named after Smedley Butler a Marine's Marine (2 CMOH no less) and a man not afraid to stand up for veterans and America when they needed it most. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_Butler. Of course some on here will read of him I fairly sure that many have never heard of him before (not a shocker) and say that he was a lefty pinko. |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Butler_%28DD-636%29
Named after Smedley Butler
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