Joseph Robert Kerrey is, for the most part ... His subsequent 1970 Medal of Honor for his "courageous and inspiring leadership, valiant fighting spirit, and tenacious devotion to duty in the ...

Bob Kerrey, the Nebraska ... Destroyer has been named the USS Robert Kerrey (DDG 146). Kerrey, a Navy SEAL during the Vietnam War who received the Medal of Honor, previously lent his name to ...

The heroics by Kerrey 17 days later remain an oft-told story of the action that cost him his right leg below the knee and earned him a Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military commendation.

Bob Kerrey In March 1969 ... then-Senior Chief Britt Slabinski received the Medal of Honor for his actions as a team leader at "Robert's Ridge" during Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan.

Kerrey went on to serve in Vietnam in 1969 and he lost his right leg below the knee during a mission. He was awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest honor for war valor. Kerrey did not ...

Senator Kerrey was awarded the Medal of Honor for service as ... of the Navy is to name ships, and it is my honor to name the future USS Robert Kerrey (DDG 146),” said Del Toro.