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NIMITZ, HALSEY, SPRUANCE AND BURKE.
THESE ARE NAMES OF LEGENDARY FIGHTING ADMIRALS THAT RESONATE WITH THE FLEET.
BUT THERE WERE MEN WHO LED OUR YOUNG NAVY IN THE WAR OF 1812 WHO ALSO FORGED FIGHTING
REPUTATIONS.
STEPHEN DECATUR, WHO LED A PROLIFIC CARRIER WITH ACTS OF DARING DURING THE CONFLICT WITH
THE BARBARY CORSAIRS.
ISAAC HULL, WHO SHATTERED ENGLAND'S FEELING OF VULNERABILITY WHEN HE LED THE CREW OF USS
CONSTITUTION IN THE CAPTURE OF THE BRITISH WARSHIP HMS GUERRIERE.
OLIVER HAZARD PERRY, WHOSE FLAG BORE THE WORDS OF A SLAIN COMRADE AS HE ENGAGED A BRITISH
FLEET ON LAKE ERIE, DEFENDING THE ENTIRE OHIO VALLEY.
THESE MEN LED AN OFFICER CORPS OF EXCEPTIONAL WARFIGHTERS AND FORGED A TRADITION THAT HAS
CONTINUED FOR 200 YEARS BASED ON WARFIGHTING EXCELLENCE AND TRAINING THAT BEGAN DURING
THE WAR OF 1812.