NAVAL AIRPORT STATION, Fla. — The United States Navy will introduce its newest destroyer class warship, USS John Basilone (DDG 122), on Sunday, November 24.
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The Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer is named after Marine Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone received the Medal of Honor for his heroism during the Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942.
Sgt. Basilone was killed in action during the February 1945 invasion of Iwo Jima and was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross. Basilone is the only enlisted Marine to be honored with both the Navy Cross and the Medal of Honor.
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