This Day in Naval History – Oct. 24

Thursday, October 23, 2008

1958 - USS Kleinsmith (APD-134) evacuates nationals from .

1962 - Atlantic Fleet begins quarantine operations to force Soviet Union to agree to remove ballistic missiles and long range bombers from .

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