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07-29-2016, 04:36 PM
U.S. Navy to name ship after gay rights activist Harvey Milk
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Gay rights activist and San Francisco politician Harvey Milk is set to receive a posthumous ho**r from the U.S. Navy, which will name a ship after him.*
The tanker, which is part of a ****** of ships named after civil rights leaders, will be named USNS Harvey Milk, according (https://news.usni.org/2016/07/28/navy-name-ship-gay-rights-activist-harvey-milk) to the U.S. Naval Institute News, which quoted a Congressional **tification.*
SEE ALSO: Harvey Milk Will Be First Openly Gay Elected Official on a Stamp (http://mashable.com/2014/04/04/harvey-milk-stamp/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Milk, who served as a diving ******r in San Diego during the Korean War before being ho**rably discharged, was one of the first openly gay politicians in the U.S..*
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Harvey Milk was a diving ******r in the U.S. Navy before starting his career in politics.
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Gay rights activist and San Francisco politician Harvey Milk is set to receive a posthumous ho**r from the U.S. Navy, which will name a ship after him.*
The tanker, which is part of a ****** of ships named after civil rights leaders, will be named USNS Harvey Milk, according (https://news.usni.org/2016/07/28/navy-name-ship-gay-rights-activist-harvey-milk) to the U.S. Naval Institute News, which quoted a Congressional **tification.*
SEE ALSO: Harvey Milk Will Be First Openly Gay Elected Official on a Stamp (http://mashable.com/2014/04/04/harvey-milk-stamp/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Milk, who served as a diving ******r in San Diego during the Korean War before being ho**rably discharged, was one of the first openly gay politicians in the U.S..*
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Harvey Milk was a diving ******r in the U.S. Navy before starting his career in politics.
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