This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. His unit was outnumbered, caught off guard and separated from the larger battalion outside the village of Ky Phu in Quang Tin Province. In an interview, Barnum said the combat was harrowing on that day, Dec. Eric Smith, the acting Marine Corps commandant whose nomination to lead the Marine Corps is being blocked by a Republican senator, called Barnum “an icon, a legend, a Marine.” The ceremony on Saturday at Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works was a tribute to the Vietnam War hero who during his first firefight was foisted into leadership of Marines who didn’t yet know his name because he’d just joined them a few days earlier.ĭignitaries included Maine’s governor and senators, as well as Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro, who praised Barnum’s humility and generosity, in addition to being a war hero who inspired fellow Marines. “As anybody that knows Barney Barnum knows, I’ve never been speechless,” he joked before the event. He said he was speechless when he learned that a warship would bear his name. Navy destroyer that’ll bear the name Harvey C. The Medal of Honor recipient, now 83, watched Saturday as his wife smashed a bottle of sparkling wine against the bow to christen the future U.S. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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