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Warner Bros. Lebanon on Twitter: "Benjamin Walker is Captain George Pollard #IntheHeartoftheSea in cinemas December 10. #TheChaseBegins https://t.co/3VdLzY8zH4" / Twitter
Captain Don Pollard, Commanding Officer of the nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser USS MISSISSIPPI (CGN 40), guides Vice Admiral John W. Nyquist, Assistant CHIEF of Naval Operations, Surface Warfare, on a tour of
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