‘Taking politics out': Pentagon drops gay icon's name from USNS Harvey Milk, renames it after WWII hero Oscar V. Peterson
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the US Navy will rename the USNS Harvey Milk, a ship originally named in honour of one of America's first openly gay public officials. The new name, USNS Oscar V. Peterson, pays tribute to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient who died heroically during the Battle of the Coral Sea.
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