Lassen Commissioned.On 21 April, the Navy's newest Aegis guided-missile destroyer was commissioned Lassen (DDG DDG Guided Missile Destroyer DDG Deutsche Diabetes Gesellschaft DDG Deputy Director General DDG Drop Dead Gorgeous DDG Deutsche Dermatologische Gesellschaft (German Society of Dermatologists) 82). The ship's namesake, Clyde Everett Lassen Clyde Everett Lassen (1942-1994), a native of Fort Myers, Florida, was a United States Navy aviator who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his rescue of two downed aviators while piloting a search and rescue helicopter in Vietnam. , piloted his UH-2 Seasprite through heavy enemy fire to rescue two downed aviators during the Vietnam War. He was the first Naval Aviator to receive the Medal of Honor Medal of Honor highest American military decoration for wartime gallantry. [Am. Hist.: Misc.] See : Bravery for actions during that conflict. |
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