{"id":1735,"date":"2012-01-27T10:00:24","date_gmt":"2012-01-27T10:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/americainuniform\/?p=1735"},"modified":"2012-01-18T04:19:46","modified_gmt":"2012-01-18T04:19:46","slug":"new-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/americainuniform\/2012\/01\/new-cars.html","title":{"rendered":"New Cars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/293\/2012\/01\/volkswagon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1883\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/293\/2012\/01\/volkswagon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"91\" \/><\/a>Visiting a new port is always exciting, and when our destroyer docked in Kiel, Germany, it was no different. 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