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Marine Maj Gen OP Smith (right) congratulates Brig Gen Chesty Puller after presenting him with his fifth Navy Cross, Feb 1952. Gen Smith remarked at the time that they ought to stop giving Puller Navy Crosses and just give him the Medal of Honor.	USS Bluefish and another submarine possibly at New London, Connecticut, United States, early 1952

Recommissioning ceremony of Guitarro, Hammerhead, and Hardhead at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 6 Feb 1952	USS Carbonero off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 14 Feb 1952, photo 1 of 2; note Regulus missile launcher

USS Carbonero off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 14 Feb 1952, photo 2 of 2; note Regulus missile launcher	Aft plan view looking forward of USS Carbonero at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 18 Feb 1952, photo 1 of 2; note USS Diodon outboard and USS Segundo forward

Aft plan view looking forward of USS Carbonero at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 18 Feb 1952, photo 2 of 2; note Diodon, Guitarro, Hardhead, and Juneau nearby	US Navy destroyer Buck, battleship Wisconsin, and heavy cruiser Saint Paul off Korea, 22 Feb 1952, photo 1 of 2

US Navy destroyer Buck, battleship Wisconsin, and heavy cruiser Saint Paul off Korea, 22 Feb 1952, photo 2 of 2	F4U-4 Corsair fighters of US Marine Corps squadron VMF-312 aboard USS Bataan off Korea, spring 1952

An airman of Essex lashed a F2H Banshee fighter to the flight deck, off Korea, 8 Mar 1952	USS Archerfish at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 25 Mar 1952, photo 1 of 3

USS Archerfish at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 25 Mar 1952, photo 2 of 3	USS Archerfish at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 25 Mar 1952, photo 3 of 3

US President Harry Truman and First Lady Bess Truman returning to the White House after major renovation, Washington DC, United States, 1820 hours, 27 Mar 1952	Pope Pius XII, Lemuel Shepherd, and others, Apr 1952

HMS Belfast in the channel at Busan, Korea, 2 Apr 1952; note hospital ship USS Consolation	USS Wisconsin in floating drydock ABSD-1 in Apra Harbor, Guam, 5 Apr 1952.

USS Wisconsin in floating drydock ABSD-1 in Apra Harbor, Guam, 5 Apr 1952. Note Oregon, the ex-battleship converted to ammunition barge, in the distance off Wisconsin’s bow.	USS Iowa departing Wonsan harbor, Korea, 18 Apr 1952; note HO3S helicopter on aft deck