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	===Origin/meaning===		===Origin/meaning===
	From the Crest of John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722). Two Towns in the UK and one in Georgia, USA. The Ship was an ex US Navy Lend/Lease Destroyer, hence the Us Military Star. The Latin Motto transaltes as "A spark of the old flame". The ~~Badge~~ was approved on 1 October 1941. In 1999 A Painting of this Badge was presented to the US Navy Destroyer [[USS Winston S. Churchill]].		From the Crest of John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722). Two Towns in the UK and one in Georgia, USA. The Ship was an ex US Navy Lend/Lease Destroyer, hence the Us Military Star. The Latin Motto transaltes as "A spark of the old flame". The badge was approved on 1 October 1941. In 1999 A Painting of this Badge was presented to the US Navy Destroyer [[USS Winston S. Churchill]].