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USS Scott (DDG-995) With Spanish Warships
USS ''Scott'' refers to several ships of the U.S. Navy: * was originally named USS ''Scott'' * , a , named for Robert R. Scott. * , a named for Rear Admiral Norman Scott. See also * {{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Uss United States Navy ship names ...
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Robert R
Robert Lee Rayford (February 3, 1953 – May 15 1969), sometimes identified as Robert R. due to his age, was an American teenager from Missouri who has been suggested to represent the earliest confirmed case of HIV/AIDS in North America based on evidence which was published in 1988 in which the authors claimed that medical evidence indicated that he was "infected with a virus closely related or identical to human immunodeficiency virus type 1." Rayford died of pneumonia, but his other symptoms baffled the doctors who treated him. A study published in 1988 reported the detection of antibodies against HIV. Results of testing for HIV genetic material were reported once at a scientific conference in Australia in 1999; however, the data has never been published in a peer-reviewed medical or scientific journal. Background Robert Rayford was born on February 3, 1953, in St. Louis, Missouri to Constance Rayford (September 12, 1931 – April 3, 2011) and Joseph Benny Bell (March 24, 1 ...
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Norman Scott (admiral)
Norman (Nicholas) Scott (August 10, 1889 – November 13, 1942) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy, and was one of only two U.S. Navy admirals killed in action during a surface battle in World War II. He was one of five flag officers of the U.S. Navy to die in World War II, the others being Isaac C. Kidd, Daniel J. Callaghan, Henry M. Mullinnix, and Theodore E. Chandler. He was killed along with many of his staff when the ship he was on - the USS ''Atlanta'' - was hit by gunfire from the heavy cruiser USS ''San Francisco'' during the nighttime fighting in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. Scott posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Biography Scott was born August 10, 1889 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Appointed to the Naval Academy in 1907, he graduated four years later and received his commission as ensign in March 1912. During 1911–13, Ensign Scott served in the battleship , then served in destro ...
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