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He earned his place in history when, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.uscg.mil\/Browse-by-Topic\/Conflicts\/World-War-II\/D-Day-June-6-1944-Normandy\/Quentin-Walsh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.history.uscg.mil\/Browse-by-Topic\/Conflicts\/World-War-II\/D-Day-June-6-1944-Normandy\/Quentin-Walsh\/\">in a series of daring enterprises<\/a>, he captured about 750 German soldiers with a force of 53 men and liberated 52 U.S. paratroopers in the wake of the D-Day landings. He continued to lead a life of military and community service after the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are honored to mark the beginning of the construction for the future USS Quentin Walsh and celebrate his legacy with his family. DDG 132 will provide our Navy with critical strategic capabilities to support Fleet readiness,\u201d said Capt. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navy.mil\/Press-Office\/Press-Releases\/display-pressreleases\/Article\/4190031\/keel-laid-for-future-uss-quentin-walsh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.navy.mil\/Press-Office\/Press-Releases\/display-pressreleases\/Article\/4190031\/keel-laid-for-future-uss-quentin-walsh\/\">Jay Young<\/a>, Arleigh Burke-class destroyer program manager of Program Executive Office Ships, in a release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The vessel will be equipped with AN\/SPY-6(V)1 Air and Missile Defense Radar, a four-sided phased array radar that can defend against a wide variety of missiles, including hypersonic missiles, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles. 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