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Fat Leonard: The Malaysian Billionaire, the Navy Scandal, and a Web of Corruption

The Unraveling of Fat Leonard: A Multi-Million Dollar Navy Scandal The name “Fat Leonard” has become synonymous with one of the most significant bribery scandals in US Navy history. Leonard Glenn Francis, a Malaysian businessman, operated Glenn Defense Marine Asia (GDMA), a seemingly legitimate logistics company providing services to US Navy ships in the Asia-Pacific…

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USS New York (BB-34): A Colossus of the Great White Fleet & Beyond

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