
Episode 148: Safe Passage
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The USS Iowa Crossed the Atlantic Unscathed
The USS Iowa and its fellow defenders as they attempted to cross the Atlantic. In Out of Danger, Commander-in-Chief wanted to see what all of these impressive ships under his command could do. Weather balloons were inflated on the deck of the Iowa and sent up into the clear sky. The 50 caliber cannons in the battleship, the anti-aircraft battery. And so the crew of the Willy D. did too.
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