US Secretary for Defense, announced that members of the same family would be allowed to continue service in the same combat ship, or unit, despite the loss of three brothers in USS FRANK E EVANS, (destroyer), after a collision with HMAS MELBOURNE, (aircraft carrier).
Australian Naval History on 23 June 1969
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