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Navy cook home after ship's wartime mission
Navy sailor Ben Stegemann returns to Carroll for 18 months with his wife and family as his USS Carl Vinson carrier crew completes a 111 day mission. He plans culinary studies using the GI bill and sees Navy as a career. His family recalls the 9 11 era U turn and long separations.
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Navy Cook Home
U.S
Ben Stegemann
Carroll
Navy
Carroll High School
U.S.S
Carl Vinson
Afghanistan
Stegemann
Great Lakes Naval Station
Chicago
Christine
Bremerton
Wash
Vinson
Puget Sound
Coon Rapids
Daniel
Vicki Dentlinger
Stegemanns
American Legion Hall
Persian Gulf
Arabian Gulf
Iraq
Beth Cates
Navy Moms
Beth
Ron Cates
World Trade Center
Ron