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Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, left, looks on as retired Marine Corps Col. Harvey Barnum, Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient, signs a poster of the Navy ship named after him during a ceremony at Marine Barracks Washington, D.C., July 28, 2016. The USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. will be an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer. DoD photo by U.S. Army Sgt. James K. McCann

Naming Ceremony

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, left, looks on as retired Marine Corps Col. Harvey Barnum, Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient, signs a poster of the Navy ship named after him during a ceremony at Marine Barracks Washington, D.C., July 28, 2016. The USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. will be an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer. DoD photo by U.S. Army Sgt. James K. McCann

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