At 3 a.m., Alexander Ranezay was roused from his bunk on the U.S. military transport General C. H. Muir. His wife packed; his daughters, Lydia, 21, and Erika, 10, dressed with special care. International Refugee Organization officials wanted the Ranezays to be all ready when the ship docked at 7 a.m. For 47-year-old Ranezay, once a Slovak farm manager, had been picked as the 1,000,000th refugee to be resettled by the I.R.O. since it began its work four years ago. He was I.R.O.'s 280,572nd displaced person accepted by the U.S.*
The porter carrying his bags from the ship asked: "Are...
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