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DON KALBERLOH February 15, 2016

Entry: 5174 USS IOWA 1 APRIL 52 NORTH KOREA

DON KALBERLOH wrote on February 15, 2016

San Diego CA


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March 02, 1952 on board SKSN S2 Division, GQ station after
service lookout, Hawaii, Japan, North Korea, Sasebo, Wonsan
and she got the name grey ghost of the Korean coast.
Returned home passing through Pearl Harbor, reunited with my
wife Dauneta then through Panama Canal to Norfolk VA & Haiti
Cuba. After dry dock the ship was leaving for Europe & they
discharged all who would get releasd before the ship
returned.






Dedicated To - Arthur Donald DeLacy - 1st Lieutenant - USMCR - MIA POW - 10/07/1951 - Heartbreak Ridge