Sorry Harvey.
Harvey Milk, a pedophile who lured teenagers into running away to have sex with him, should never have had a naval vessel named after him.
Oscar Peterson however is another matter.
Peterson received the Medal of Honor posthumously after almost incredible heroism.
For extraordinary courage and conspicuous heroism above and beyond the call of duty while in charge of a repair party during an attack on the U.S.S. Neosho by enemy Japanese aerial forces on 7 May 1942. Lacking assistance because of injuries to the other members of his repair party and severely wounded himself, Peterson, with no concern for his own life, closed the bulkhead stop valves and in so doing received additional burns which resulted in his death. His spirit of self-sacrifice and loyalty, characteristic of a fine seaman, was in keeping with the highest traditions of the U.S. Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life in the service of his country
There were a lot of heroes during WWII who went into enemy fire, but if you can imagine that Peterson suffered, already severely burned, he went on closing bulkheads, regardless of the pain.
By contrast, Harvey Milk lured teens.
Not exactly a contest. Sorry Harvey. There are still real heroes out there who need honoring.
Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism.
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