USS Boone (FFG-28) is the third ship named in honor of a White House physician. Its namesake—Vice Admiral Joel T. Boone, Medical Corps, USN (1889-1974)— served as physician to Presidents Harding, Coolidge and Hoover. During the Hoover Administration, Boone is credited for inventing the game of “Hoover Ball” and helping to formalize the White House Medical Unit. Of course, Boone was also a decorated war hero who received the Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross and six Silver Star citations in World War I.

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