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EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - With aging veterans lining the deck, a World War II troop landing ship chugged up the Ohio River on Monday, heading to a new assignment as part of a war history museum.
The LST 325, its paint faded and seams rusted, rounded a bend in the river at 11 knots and slowed to a creep as several hundred people watched from the banks, many holding American flags.
"It was something I didn't think would ever happen. It's unbelievable," said Dewey Taylor, 80, of West Palm Beach, Fla., who sailed on an LST in the Pacific when he was 17.
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