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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, right, presents the national ensign to Shirley Crowe, widow of Adm. William J. Crowe, at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., Oct. 31, 2007. Crowe, who served as the 11th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, died Oct. 18 at the age of 82.

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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, right, presents the national ensign to Shirley Crowe, widow of Adm. William J. Crowe, at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., Oct. 31, 2007. Crowe, who served as the 11th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, died Oct. 18 at the age of 82.

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