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FILE - In this March 15, 2015 file photo, Dwayne McCornick, a deck hand on the Natchez steamboat for 16 years, raises the Union Jack naval flag on the Mississippi River in New Orleans. After nearly 17 years, United States Navy warships will return to flying the Union Jack, replacing the First Navy Jack flown in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks.News outlets report Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson issued an order Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019, calling for the blue banner with 50 white stars to return June 4 to commemorate World War II’s Battle of Midway. The Navy’s current maritime flag, the First Navy Jack, featured red and white stripes with a rattlesnake and the words “Don’t Tread On Me.” (AP Photo/Samantha Kaplan, File)

FILE - In this March 15, 2015 file photo, Dwayne McCornick, a deck hand on the Natchez steamboat for 16 years, raises the Union Jack naval flag on the Mississippi River in New Orleans. After nearly 17 years, United States Navy warships will return to flying the Union Jack, replacing the First Navy Jack flown in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks.News outlets report Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson issued an order Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019, calling for the blue banner with 50 white stars to return June 4 to commemorate World War II’s Battle of Midway. The Navy’s current maritime flag, the First Navy Jack, featured red and white stripes with a rattlesnake and the words “Don’t Tread On Me.” (AP Photo/Samantha Kaplan, File)

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