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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Sunday, March 16, 2003

USS Chosin on way to Persian Gulf

Photos by Deborah Booker
Advertiser Staff Photographer

ABOVE: Tationa Martin, 5, waves to her dad, Leon, who is on the guided-missile cruiser USS Chosin as it departs Pearl Harbor on its way to the Persian Gulf. Wife Shannette and baby Leon watch in the foreground.

RIGHT: Lt. j.g. William Pikul of the USS Chosin says farewell to his wife, Stephanie, moments before departure.