USNS Harvey Milk Renamed to Honor Medal of Honor Recipient

TL;DR
The USNS Harvey Milk has been renamed the USNS Oscar V. Peterson as part of the Trump administration's efforts to remove 'woke' or politically motivated names from military vessels, emphasizing a move away from honoring civil rights figures like Harvey Milk to instead honor military heroes like Oscar V. Peterson.
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