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1969 Press Photo M. L. Reiter Frank E. Evans destroyer

Name: 1969 Press Photo M. L. Reiter Frank E. Evans destroyer
Brand: dfpa
SKU: dfpa55851
Price: 19.99 USD
Availability: InStock

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Caption: Long Beach, Calif., June 10 - Tears of Joy - Yeoman 1/C M. L. Reiter is hugged by sobbing wife Patricia as 153 survivors of the U.S. destroyer Frank E. Evans returned to their home port of Long Beach yesterday. Reiter said he was asleep when the Australian carrier Melbourne sliced the Frank E. Evans in two. "I'll probably never know how I got out, but I found myself swimming in the water.".

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1969 Press Photo M. L. Reiter Frank E. Evans destroyer

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