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Bosco, who took his commission as a Navy ensign in a ceremony held in Tercentenary Theater yesterday, will by the end of this month report aboard the USS Vandegrift (FFG-48), a guided missile frigate based with the Seventh Fleet in Yokosuka, Japan...
...Bosco says he is undeterred. Not only did he choose the Vandegrift specifically because of the potential that the vessel will see action, he strongly supports the foreign policy that might steer it into harm’s way. Bosco says he is convinced that President Bush’s vision of the United States on the world stage is fundamentally correct...
Indeed, the Vandegrift is a modern vessel, built during the Cold War and armed with missiles, torpedoes and a 76 mm gun. But one of Bosco’s jobs next year might be more in the tradition of John Paul Jones: boarding a ship and searching compartment after compartment for terrorists or contraband...
...recognition of their leadership during the war, Harvard gave honorary Doctor of Laws degrees to Commandant Alexander A. Vandegrift, head of the Marine Corps; Chester W. Nimitz, commander-in-chief of the Navy; Henry H. Arnold, Air Force chief; and Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was then the Army chief of staff...
SENTENCED. Mary Hudson Vandegrift, 70, chairman of the board of Hudson Oil Co. and one of America's 400 wealthiest individuals, worth $100 million according to Forbes magazine; to 200 hours of public service in a retardation center and fined $5,000; for ordering her company's gasoline pumps readjusted so that customers got a small amount less than they paid for; in Olathe, Kans. Vandegrift pleaded no contest to the felony charge...