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"The Ballad of Rodger Young" was written by Frank Loesser and first performed in March, 1945. The words were based on his Medal of Honor citation and it went on to become one of the best-known songs of the war. <ref>[http://www.homeofheroes.com/profiles/profiles_young.html]</ref>
"The Ballad of Rodger Young" was written by Frank Loesser and first performed in March, 1945. The words were based on his Medal of Honor citation and it went on to become one of the best-known songs of the war. <ref>[http://www.homeofheroes.com/profiles/profiles_young.html]</ref>
The author Robert A. Heinlein mentioned Young in his 1949 short story, "The Long Watch", and Heinlein named a troop transport ship the ''TFCT Rodger Young'' in his Hugo-winning 1959 novel, ''Starship Troopers''. The name was also used in the 1997 movie adaptation.
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