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Navy names new destroyer for Senator who was first SEAL awarded Medal of Honor

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The USS Robert Kerrey will be an Arleigh Burke -class destroyer built around the Aegis radar system designed to defend Navy battle groups from air attack.

Kerrey was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1970 after being grievously wounded in a nighttime SEAL raid on an island in Nha Trang Bay , South Vietnam.

He also was in command of an earlier raid that ended in over a dozen civilian deaths, a mission he has spoken publicly about as "haunting" him.

“I didn’t give a damn about the flag, but I cared deeply about the guys I was with. I would protect them and fight for them," he said.

“You set it aside on behalf of the guys you are with.”.

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