Family still searching for answers in 1955 disappearance of World War II veteran

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Family still searching for answers in 1955 disappearance of World War II veteran
by Juliet Muir

Time is running out to find out what happened to World War II Navy veteran Duane Roy Dreher. His son died in 2014, never knowing. His grandson is now carrying the torch for the family in their search for answers. Maybe someone out there heard a story -- a rumor even -- passed down through the years, of the merchant marine and father who simply vanished from Mason City, Iowa on a November day in 1955. Maybe someone will come forward after all this time and share what they know.

Time is certainly running out to find Duane Dreher alive. He would be in his mid-90s today if, by chance, there is still someone out there who knows what happened.

During World War II, Duane Roy Dreher served as a Merchant Marine on multiple ships, including the U.S.S. Stephen F. Austin, the Barbara Frietchie and the John Wanamaker, according to grandson Timothy Springer. One of Duane’s ships was even frozen in the Soviet Union for months, Springer told Dateline, and his grandfather lived in Russian seamen’s hostels waiting for the thaw.

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Duane Dreher, Harold Duane Dreher Springer and Marjorie Wolff Dreher Springer Swan Timothy Springer

Read more at: https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/cold-case-spotlight/family-still-searching-answers-1955-disappearance-world-war-ii-veteran-n877826