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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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | USS Archerfish at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 25 Mar 1952, photo 1 of 3 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | The bow of USS Hornet being transported out of New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, May 1952; note USS Ticonderoga in right background; seen in Oct 1957 issue of All Hands magazine |
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| USS Archerfish off Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 28 May 1952 | US President Harry Truman, presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson, and vice presidential candidate John Sparkman at the White House, Washington DC, United States, 12 Aug 1952 |
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| US President-elect Dwight Eisenhower speaking to reporters, White House, Washington DC, United States, 18 Nov 1952 | Beardsley Ruml speaking before the United States Congress, 1953 |
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| Clifton Cates playing baseball, 1953 | Elizabeth Murphy, Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, Harry Murphy, and Rear Admiral L. S. Fiske at the recommissioning ceremony of USS Menhaden, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 9 Mar 1953 |
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| USS Tunny off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, Apr 1953 | Alaska, Guam, North Carolina, Washington, Enterprise, Franklin, and other ships at Bayonne Naval Supply Depot, New Jersey, United States, 15 Apr 1953 |
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