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The Daily Record
Dunn, Harnett County, North Carolina
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Seaman Seth Rose of Four Oaks, N.C., son of Mr. and Mrs. Willis A. Rose, is scheduled to arrive in Long Beach, Calif., on April 12 aboard the USS Missouri after a 60,000-mile voyage involving Korean War operations including shelling Wonsan, invasions at Inchon and Wonsan, shore bombardments, and Hungnam evacuation.
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The USS Missouri added her might to the 41 day Naval shelling of Wonsan as she sounded a Korean "Farewell to Arms" by slamming the city with her 16-inch projectiles before heading home.
Scheduled to arrive in Long Beach, Calif., April 12, aboard the Missouri is Seth Rose, seaman, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Willis A. Rose of Route 2, Four Oaks, N. C.
He will be among the 2,500 Navy men to complete a 60,000 mile voyage that began last August 19, as the ship left Norfolk, Va., on an 11,000 mile speed run to the combat zone.
From the time the 'Missouri went into action at Pohang till her departure the "Mighty Mo" took part in the Inchon and Wonsan invasions, 19 shore bombardments and the famous evacuation at Hungnam.
Three times she raced the length of the Korean peninsula on a series of missions, adding her deadly and accurate fire-power, to the mounting toll of dead and wounded Communists in "Operation Killer".
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Long Beach, Calif.
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April 12
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completing a 60,000 mile voyage with 2,500 navy men; ship participated in korean war actions including shelling wonsan, inchon and wonsan invasions, 19 shore bombardments, hungnam evacuation, and operation killer.
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Seth Rose, seaman USN from Four Oaks, N.C., is aboard the USS Missouri scheduled to arrive in Long Beach, Calif., on April 12 after the ship's involvement in 41-day shelling of Wonsan and other Korean War operations starting from August 19 departure from Norfolk, Va.