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Veterans Insist on Atlantic Crossing

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From Times Wire Reports

A group of Navy veterans plans to sail a World War II-era ship from the Mediterranean to the U.S. despite warnings from the Coast Guard that the vessel and crew may not be up to the task. The 32 veterans--average age 73--want to turn the ship, used to deliver troops during the Normandy invasion, into a floating museum in Mobile, Ala. But it has steering and safety equipment problems, and the Atlantic Ocean is hazardous in December, a Coast Guard vice admiral told the ship’s captain. The men plan to leave the Strait of Gibraltar on Saturday, or Monday at the latest, and arrive in Mobile by Jan. 13.

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