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Monday, November 15, 2010
Navy commissions new destroyer Dunham
A year from now, when the Marine Corps turns 236 on Nov. 10, 2011, crew members of the Navy’s newest destroyer may remind themselves that it would also have been Marine Cpl. Jason Dunham’s 30th birthday.
More than six years after Dunham’s death, the Navy commissioned DDG 109, named for the Medal of Honor recipient, on Saturday morning in Port Everglades, Fla.
Dunham was leading a squad during an April 2004 reconnaissance mission in Karabilah, Iraq, when his unit responded to an insurgent ambush of a Marine convoy. During the fighting, Dunham threw himself on a live grenade, covering it with his helmet and body to absorb the explosion. His action saved the lives of two fellow Marines.
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