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| Admiral Arleigh Burke and a Third Class Quartermaster on bridge of destroyer Picking, circa 1955-1961 | Admiral Burke at the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, circa late 1950s; note Rear Admiral William Smedberg in background |
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| Audie Murphy as his character Tom Smith from the television show Whispering Smith, 1959 | Diagram of the John C. Butler and Rudderow classes of destroyer escorts, the primary difference being in their respective power plants, All Hands Magazine, 1959. |
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| Dwight Eisenhower and George Bush, date unknown | Eisenhower and Franco, Madrid, Spain, 1959 |
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| Fidel Castro and others with Johnson M1941 rifles, 1959 | Nina Kukharchuk, Mamie Eisenhower, Nikita Khrushchev, and Dwight Eisenhower, 1959 |
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| One of the last photographs of the former USS Chester as she was towed out of the Philadelphia reserve fleet on her way to the breakers yard, 1959. | Portrait of Rear Admiral Edwin T. Layton, probably on the occasion of his retirement in 1959. |
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| Puyi being released from the Fushun War Criminals Management Center re-education camp in Shenyang, Liaoning Province (formerly Mukden, Fengtien Province), northeastern China, 1959 | US President Dwight Eisenhower and Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Parliament House, New Delhi, India, 1959 |
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| US President Dwight Eisenhower and Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Tehran, Iran, 1959 | USS Proteus, Charleston Navy Yard, North Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 1959, photo 1 of 2 |
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| USS Proteus, Charleston Navy Yard, North Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 1959, photo 2 of 2 | USS Proteus, Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina, United States, date unknown |
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| USS Ticonderoga with sailors, F3H Demon fighters, and HUP Retriever helicopter lined up on the flight deck, circa 1959 | Prime Minister Alexandros Papagos of Greece and Supreme Allied Commander Allied Forces Europe US General Alfred Gruenther, Jan 1954 |
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| US Secretary of Army Wilber Brucker, scientist Wernher von Braun, and US President Dwight Eisenhower, Jan 1959 | Portrait of Admiral Burke, 10 Jan 1959 |
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