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ArticleBody:After completing the first ever transatlantic airship flight in October 1928, the majestic Graf Zeppelin, a 776-foot gleaming dirigible, was greeted with fanfare wherever it flew; its lighter-than-air design captivated onlookers as it effortlessly circled city skylines. In its later years, the vessel became a tool of Nazi propaganda, with swastikas emblazoned on its 65-foot fins, transforming it into a symbol of war, terror, and aggression, like many of its World War I predecessors.
'Tell me about the 'repair job! Wasn't your son one of the riggers who went up to fix it?' I asked. The Commodore's face glowed with unmistakable parental pride and pleasure. 'All right, then,' he smiled; 'all right.' But this was a rather personal matter, and the English words refused to come easily. So he told me in the most polished German how Knut and the three others had repaired the damage.
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