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Young San Antonio Sailor Completes Four Year World Tour
Tred Hagner, who enlisted in the navy at 12, returned to San Antonio after a rare four year voyage. He toured the globe visiting Newport News, the Hart training ship, San Domingo, Norfolk, Manila Bay, Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama, Tokyo, Cairo, Naples, Pompeii, Rome, Paris, and London. Hagner served as signal boy in the West Indies and later aboard the Kentucky, Ohio, and Cincinnati. He saved money for travel, weathered a typhoon, and finished with a return to his hometown that he says offers more appeal than any foreign stop.
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Uncle Sam
Tred Hagner
San Antonio
Navy
Wagner
Melay
Ghiva
India
Venice
Paris
Christ
Hagner
Hligner
Newport News
Hool
Hart
Farragut
Cruize
West Indies
Indies
Norfolk
Kentucky
San Francisco
Lawton
Manila Bay
Ohio
Hacner
Shanghai
Soo Chow
Chefoo
China
Japan
Kobe
Yokohama
Imperial Palaces
Tokyo
Kamakura
Jaman
Manila
Young Hagner
Ching
Hong Kong
Guasenan
Fort Said
Singapore
Penang
Colombo
Suez
Cairo
Hohenzollern
Hirm
Naples
Napoleon
Halle
Amsterdam
Cologne
Hanover
Dover
London
Glispow
Liverpool
Chester
Dublin
Holyhead
Kla Natlva
New York
Washington