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- From: ken@grok59.columbiasc.NCR.COM (Ken Smith)
- Newsgroups: sci.military
- Subject: Re: USS Stenis- Nimitz Class Carrier
- Keywords: Aircraft Carrier
- Message-ID: <C1IsML.8CF@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 16:03:56 GMT
- References: <C1H2zn.F8F@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
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- From Ken Smith <ken@grok59.columbiasc.NCR.COM>
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- In article <C1H2zn.F8F@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>, Jerry Han <jhan@debra.dgbt.doc.ca> writes:
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- |> From Jerry Han <jhan@debra.dgbt.doc.ca>
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- |> Question here: Who was Mr. Stenis? (Considering that US Nimitz Class Carriers
- |> are named after famous people from US history, the fact that this name
- |> draws an absolute and total blank is annoying.
- |>
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- John Stennis is a retired US Senator from Mississippi. He served one of the
- longest terms in the Senate, if not the longest, and was a long-time
- member of the Armed Services Committee. He was considered by many as being
- very hawkish on defense matters.
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