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This Week in Navy Sports Presented by Navy Federal Credit Union
Published on May 5, 2025
This Week in Navy Sports
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Monday, May 5, 2025TODAY IN NAVY, MARINE CORPS AND USNA MEMORIAL HALL HISTORY 1961 - Lieutenant Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Class of 1945, becomes the first American in space when his Mercury space capsule, Freedom 7, reaches an altitude of 116.5 miles after being launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. 1983 - In Beirut, Lebanon, a UH-1N helicopter carrying the commander of the American peace-k
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