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Floating Diplomat Sails Through World War II Calmly
S. Burton Weather chronicles the Gripsholm’s wartime role as a Swedish American exchange liner under U S charter. The ship ferried diplomats, civilians, and servicemen across neutral ports, avoiding destruction while reporting on contrasts between luxury Japanese conditions and American internees. The piece notes encounters with a Nazi general, a Siamese prince and princess, and a wartime baby born aboard the voyage.
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S. Burton
WEATH
NER
New York
Gripsholm
RNR
Hudson River
United States
Sightid Ericsson
Nippon
India
Ericson
Stork
Abosra
Mormagan
Windh
Lxplain
Dui Asipuie Dy Ie Stales
Jersey City
Empire
CG. Svenson
Lorrenca Marques
Portuguese East Africa
States
Firs
Diplmatic