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USS Shoup

by Bryan Strawser · Oct 9, 2004

I was unaware, until today, that the Navy had named a Destroyer for General David Shoup, the 22nd Commandant of the Marine Corps, and a man from my hometown.

General Shoup won the Congressional Medal of Honor at Tarawa during World War II, where his combat report read:

Casualties many; Percentage of dead not known; Combat efficiency; we are winning.

General Shoup died in 1983 and is buried at Arlington National Cemetary.

The USS Shoup (DDG 86) is based in Everett, Washington.

Filed Under: Indiana, Military

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