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    USS Norris (DD-859) was one of 98 Gearing-class destroyers in the United States Navy during the end of World War II. Norris was active from 9 June 1945...
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    Air Force, Norris won many martial arts championships and later founded his own discipline, Chun Kuk Do. Shortly after, in Hollywood, Norris trained celebrities...
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    USS Bennington (CV/CVA/CVS-20) was an Essex-class aircraft carrier in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946 and from 1952 to 1970. She...
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    becoming commanding officer of the destroyer USS Norris (DD-859) on 28 July 1959. While he was in command, Norris had the highest competitive score overall...
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    During one such exercise, on the evening of 31 October 1954, the destroyer USS Norris (DD-859) accidentally ran over Bergall while Bergall was conducting a...
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    - Recipient - Military Times Hall Of Valor". valor.militarytimes.com. USS Norris Ship's Captains: LeBourgeois '59-'61 "Shadow box". navy.togetherweserved...
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    (DD-916) (formerly the USS Everett F. Larson) was scrapped in December 2021, leaving five survivors out of the ninety eight ships built. USS Joseph P. Kennedy...
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    which the distance was computed. According to a 1997 paper by Martha Smith-Norris, the ship was operating "14 miles" outside the 57,000 square mile "Danger...
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    USS N-1 (SS-53) USS N-2 (SS-54) USS N-3 (SS-55) USS N-4 (SS-56) USS N-5 (SS-57) USS N-6 (SS-58) USS N-7 (SS-59) USS Nabigwon (YTB-521/YTM-521) USS Nacheninga...
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    awards of the Air Medal, Vietnam War veteran. "USS Norris Ship's Captains: LeBourgeois 1959–61". USS Norris. "2013 Honorees: Major General Caroll LeTellier"...
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    USS Bairoko, Daigo Fukuryū Maru 25 May: HMS Curzon 26 May: USS Bennington 27 Jul: Cressington Court 31 Oct: USS Bergall, USS English, USS Norris, USS Wallace...
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    USS Bairoko, Daigo Fukuryū Maru 25 May: HMS Curzon 26 May: USS Bennington 27 Jul: Cressington Court 31 Oct: USS Bergall, USS English, USS Norris, USS Wallace...
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    consisted of USS Fred T. Berry, USS Keppler, USS Norris, USS McCaffery and USS Harwood; DesDiv 22 consisted of USS Warrington, USS William M. Wood, USS William...
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    USS Bairoko, Daigo Fukuryū Maru 25 May: HMS Curzon 26 May: USS Bennington 27 Jul: Cressington Court 31 Oct: USS Bergall, USS English, USS Norris, USS Wallace...
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    USS PCE-867 was a PCE-842-class patrol craft for the United States Navy during World War II. She was renamed ROCS Yong Tai (PCE-41) and ROCS Shan Hai...
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    (missile) UGM-133 Trident II Matthew G. McKinzie; Thomas B. Cochran; Robert S. Norris; William M. Arkin. THE U.S. NUCLEAR WAR PLAN: A TIME FOR CHANGE (PDF) (Report)...
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  • Bethlehem, San Pedro Ex-USS Norris (DD-859) 7 July 1974 Stricken 1993 TCG Tınaztepe (D-355) Bethlehem, San Francisco Ex-USS Keppler (DD-765) 30 June...
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    USS Decker (DE-47) was an Evarts-class destroyer escort constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. She was sent off into dangerous North...
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    USS Bairoko, Daigo Fukuryū Maru 25 May: HMS Curzon 26 May: USS Bennington 27 Jul: Cressington Court 31 Oct: USS Bergall, USS English, USS Norris, USS Wallace...
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    USS Bairoko, Daigo Fukuryū Maru 25 May: HMS Curzon 26 May: USS Bennington 27 Jul: Cressington Court 31 Oct: USS Bergall, USS English, USS Norris, USS Wallace...
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    USS English (DD-696) was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer. She was named for Rear Admiral Robert Henry English, a submariner who commanded the light...
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  • 18, 1884. Norris's official Medal of Honor citation reads: Serving on board the U.S.S. Jamestown, New York Navy Yard, 20 December 1883, Norris rescued from...
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    USS Thomas A. Edison (SSBN-610), an Ethan Allen-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be...
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  • USS Bairoko, Daigo Fukuryū Maru 25 May: HMS Curzon 26 May: USS Bennington 27 Jul: Cressington Court 31 Oct: USS Bergall, USS English, USS Norris, USS Wallace...
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  • USS Bairoko, Daigo Fukuryū Maru 25 May: HMS Curzon 26 May: USS Bennington 27 Jul: Cressington Court 31 Oct: USS Bergall, USS English, USS Norris, USS Wallace...
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    USS Wallace L. Lind (DD-703), was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer of the United States Navy. Wallace Ludwig Lind was born on 18 June 1887 in Brainerd...
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  • IBFI" Jack Warren "A View of the Norris Phenomenon" Albert W. Wardin, Jr. "Baptists Around the World" Earl K. Oldham "USS WBF Sail On" Independent Baptist...
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    USS Bairoko, Daigo Fukuryū Maru 25 May: HMS Curzon 26 May: USS Bennington 27 Jul: Cressington Court 31 Oct: USS Bergall, USS English, USS Norris, USS Wallace...
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    USS Bairoko, Daigo Fukuryū Maru 25 May: HMS Curzon 26 May: USS Bennington 27 Jul: Cressington Court 31 Oct: USS Bergall, USS English, USS Norris, USS Wallace...
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    Academy by Nebraska Senator Norris Brown, and graduated in 1916, fifty-first in a class of 178. After serving on the battleship USS Florida (BB-30), he was...
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