Bill deals with sailors killed in 1804, Jewish WWI heroes, ship names

[ellisonz]

December 15, 2011 | 6:29 pm

Will Jewish American World War I heroes be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor?

Can the remains of American sailors killed in Tripoli in 1804 be brought home?

What will be contained in a Navy report to Congress on its policies for naming ships after controversy emerged over the naming of a vessel after labor leader Cesar Chavez?

Those are questions that will be addressed by the Pentagon as a result of little-noticed measures tucked into a defense bill that cleared Congress on Thursday.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2011/12/defense-bill-deal-deals-with-sailors-killed-in-1804-jewish-world-war-i-veterans-ship-naming-policy.html

I don't think Cesar Chavez would have wanted a Navy vessel named after him.

[Bucky]

1. Maybe they're naming it aftber the Mexican boxing champ from the 80s

[ellisonz]

2. They should just name it after Oscar De La Hoya.