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Ex-crew recalls presidents, ship.(METROPOLITAN)
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The Washington Times
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October 6, 2003
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Byline: Arlo Wagner, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
There were no presidents aboard Presidential Yacht USS Sequoia, but that did not keep a deck full of visitors and former crew members from reminiscing yesterday about the days when Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman and John F. Kennedy were on board the vessel.
The Sequoia has not been a presidential yacht since 1935, and most of the families and retired crew were from the ship's successor, Presidential Yacht USS Williamsburg.
"I remember the quality of people," said Chuck Wolter, 73, a native of Wisconsin and a Korean War veteran. "We felt we were there to see that the presidents were comfortable. We were all ...
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