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The guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy displays holiday lights pierside during the annual Pearl Harbor Festival of Lights in Pearl Harbor, Dec. 17, 2013. The guided missile destroyer was named after Lt. Michael Murphy, a Navy seal and Medal of Honor recipient, who was killed in action in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan in June 2005.

The guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy displays holiday lights pierside during the annual Pearl Harbor Festival of Lights in Pearl Harbor, Dec. 17, 2013. The guided missile destroyer was named after Lt. Michael Murphy, a Navy seal and Medal of Honor recipient, who was killed in action in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan in June 2005.

The guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy displays holiday lights pierside during the annual Pearl Harbor Festival of Lights in Pearl Harbor, Dec. 17, 2013. The guided missile destroyer was named after Lt. Michael Murphy, a Navy seal and Medal of Honor recipient, who was killed in action in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan in June 2005.

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