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Navy SEAL From the District Died Leading Rescue Mission
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Christian Swezey, a close friend, said it was Kristensen's nature to consider others before himself.
Once, when the two were at a popular bar on Capitol Hill, an attractive waitress showed keen interest in Kristensen, recalled Swezey, a copy editor and sports writer at The Washington Post.
"I said, 'She really likes you,' " Swezey said. "But [he] wanted me to feel good and said, 'No, she really likes you.' "
Kristensen loved to read, friends said. "Moby-Dick" was his favorite book. He was a prolific writer who fired off well-crafted letters.
He also loved television, Swezey said -- so much so that he didn't own a TV set. "He didn't have a television because he watched it all the time when he got the chance," Swezey said.
Fluent in French, Kristensen was selected for a military program to attend graduate school at the Institute of Political Studies in Paris. He was to begin this fall.
"He believed deeply in defending the principles of our nation," Battaile said. "He kind of let his actions speak for himself."
Funeral services will be held July 19 at the U.S. Naval Academy Chapel.
