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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lolita C. Baldor

USNS Harvey Milk is renamed after a WWII sailor in the latest Pentagon diversity purge

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that the USNS Harvey Milk will be renamed after a World War II sailor who received the Medal of Honor, stripping the ship of the name of a slain gay rights activist who served during the Korean War.

In a video posted to social media, Hegseth said he was “taking the politics out of ship naming.”

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