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Life On Hainan

NPR
Published April 15, 2001 at 12:00 AM EDT

NPR's Wendy Kaufmann reports on how the 24-member U.S. Navy air crew passed the time while in detention in China. It wasn't all serious business--gin rummy and American pop songs were also part of the mix.

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