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1 Apr 1952
  • USS Iowa became the flagship of Vice Admiral Robert P. Briscoe of the US 7th Fleet. ww2dbase [Iowa | CPC]
Korea
  • Francis Gabreski scored his fifth aerial victory in a jet fighter in Korea, shooting down a Chinese MiG fighter. ww2dbase [Francis Gabreski | JR]
United States
  • Gracce Hopper was promoted to the rank of lieutenant commander. ww2dbase [Grace Hopper | CPC]



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