The Virginian-Pilot
THE LEDGER STAR
SERVING SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA AND NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
Daily Break: Monday, April 14, 1997
SYMPHONY TO PERFORM TUESDAY ON ``TODAY''
DESPERATE VOYAGE IN EARLY 1947, THE OLD STEAMER, WHICH YEARS EARLIER HAD CARRIED PASSENGERSBETWEEN NORFOLK AND BALTIMORE, DEPARTED ON A SECRET MISSION: TO PICK UP 4,500 DESPERATE JEWISH REFUGEES IN EUROPE AND DELIVER THEM TO PALESTINE - PAST A FORMIDABLE BRITISH BLOCKADE. THE VOYAGE WOULD END IN A BLOODY CONFRONTATION THAT SHOCKED THE WORLD.
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