The United States Maritime Commission and the Todd-California/Kaiser Richmond Shipyards did not name Liberty ships or victory assets after fringe figures or families associated with domestic terror groups. Bestowing a ship naming honor upon John L. Stoddard, and flying his granddaughter across the country to christen it, proves that Lothrop Stoddard and his family was treated by the federal government and industrial war machine as a premier, patriotic symbol of traditional American culture and global achievement.
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