VP meets with Congressional Medal of Honor recipient
Summary
Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient Capt. Thomas Hudner (Ret.) meets with Vice President Dick Cheney during an underway demonstration aboard the USS Constitution. Hudner, who has been on several underway demonstrations aboard "Old Ironsides," earned the Medal of Honor for a heroic rescue attempt of a fellow naval aviator during the Korean War. The 210-year-old USS Constitution is the oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world and manned by 68 active duty U.S. Navy sailors. The ship hosts nearly half a million tourists annually.
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vice president
old ironsides
cheney
petty officer 2nd class clayton weis
nato special operations component command afghanistan
boston
vp meets with congressional medal of honor recipient
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sailors
navy
Date
04/07/2008
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Defense Visual Information Distribution Service
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