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...today for the first time in 116 years, briefly patrolling the open seas much as she had during the War of 1812. She sailed for about an hour at a stately 4 knots, flanked by her modern counterparts, the guided missile destroyer USS Ramage and guided missile frigate USS Halyburton. An estimated 100,000 people turned out on land and sea for the ceremonial turn, made possible by a three-and-a-half-year, $12 million renovation project. On board, veteran sailor Walter Cronkite, a beloved symbol himself, was allowed briefly to take the helm. Then, seemingly as soon...
...Marty Halyburton waited in Atlanta for her husband Porter, a Navy Lieut. Commander who has been a prisoner since 1965. She was flooded with mail -as were other P.O.W. wives-from people wearing Halyburton's P.O.W. bracelet in a program started in the summer of 1970 by VIVA (Voices In Vital America). "When he left," she said, "I was just a 23-year-old bride, and I followed Porter everywhere." In the past seven years, she has learned to manage for herself-moving three times, buying and selling two cars, raising their daughter Dabney. At week...
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