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Saturday, Feb. 17 marks commissioning day for the future USS John L. Canley (ESB 6). The ceremony is taking place at Naval Base Coronado’s Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego.
"What is it, something in the water out there?"
A new U.S. Navy vessel named after a Medal of Honor recipient from Union County will join the active fleet on February 17, with a commissioning ceremony at Naval Base
John L. Canley risked his own safety to pull wounded Marines to safety during the Tet Offensive in the Vietnam War.
Max Hauth served as a combat medic with the Marines in Vietnam. Twice wounded, he said "you can't explain" how some make it and others don't.