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Carrier Enterprise to Be National Shrine in Navy Plan
Washington reports President Truman approved preserving the aircraft carrier Enterprise as a national shrine after Navy Secretary Forrestal proposed it. The ship, worn from war service, will be outfitted in Boston before a transatlantic voyage to bring home veterans, with half a million visitors already seeing her in New York.
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