Korean War Veteran Recalls Turbulent Seas On Transport Ship

IAN RICHARDSON irichardson@siouxcityjournal.com, Sioux City Journal
Sun, 10/23/2016 - 10:00pm

WHITING, Iowa | Donald Deen still remembers with vivid detail the time his ship was caught in a typhoon in the Pacific Ocean.

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