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![After the crew of the USS William D. Porter (DD-579) nearly sank the USS lowa (BB-61) while FDR was onboard the lowa en route to Cairo and Tehran, the crew of the After the crew of the USS William D. Porter (DD-579) nearly sank the USS lowa (BB-61) while FDR was onboard the lowa en route to Cairo and Tehran, the crew of the](https://imageproxy.ifunny.co/crop:x-20,resize:640x,quality:90x75/images/06d5327864bd30aa3c0298a1ced253c939906e763f2b981379640ce01f2487c8_1.jpg)
After the crew of the USS William D. Porter (DD-579) nearly sank the USS lowa (BB-61) while FDR was onboard the lowa en route to Cairo and Tehran, the crew of the
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