Adm. Arleigh Burke dead at 94
ADM. ARLEIGH BURKE, namesake of the Navy's newest class of destroyers and a three-time chief of naval operations, died Monday at Bethesda Naval Hospital near Washington He was 94. Burke gained fame as a destroyer squadron commander in the Pacific during World War II, and was appointed to the Navy's...
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