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Sculptor Felix de Weldon working on the plaster model of the US Marine Corps War Memorial, circa 1954, photo 1 of 7	Sculptor Felix de Weldon working on the plaster model of the US Marine Corps War Memorial, circa 1954, photo 2 of 7

Sculptor Felix de Weldon working on the plaster model of the US Marine Corps War Memorial, circa 1954, photo 3 of 7	Sculptor Felix de Weldon working on the plaster model of the US Marine Corps War Memorial, circa 1954, photo 4 of 7

Sculptor Felix de Weldon working on the plaster model of the US Marine Corps War Memorial, circa 1954, photo 5 of 7	Sculptor Felix de Weldon working on the plaster model of the US Marine Corps War Memorial, circa 1954, photo 6 of 7

Sculptor Felix de Weldon working on the plaster model of the US Marine Corps War Memorial, circa 1954, photo 7 of 7	USS Bennington underway in the Atlantic with jet aircraft on deck, 1954 after her first modernization. Note the removal of the four 5-inch gun turrets and the addition of 40mm gun tubs, most notably on the bow.

USS Bergall underway, circa 1954	USS Caiman underway, post 1953

USS Iowa (foreground) and sister-ship USS New Jersey on maneuvers in the Atlantic, mid-1950s.	USS Porterfield refueling from USS Hancock, 1954, photo 1 of 3

USS Porterfield refueling from USS Hancock, 1954, photo 2 of 3	USS Porterfield refueling from USS Hancock, 1954, photo 3 of 3

USS Yorktown, 1950s	Arromanches underway off French Indochina in the Gulf of Tonkin, Jan 1954; note F6F-5 Hellcat and SB2C-5 Helldiver aircraft on the flight deck

Air show held aboard USS Wasp in honor of Chiang Kaishek, off Taiwan, 10 Jan 1954, photo 1 of 4	Air show held aboard USS Wasp in honor of Chiang Kaishek, off Taiwan, 10 Jan 1954, photo 2 of 4

Air show held aboard USS Wasp in honor of Chiang Kaishek, off Taiwan, 10 Jan 1954, photo 3 of 4	Air show held aboard USS Wasp in honor of Chiang Kaishek, off Taiwan, 10 Jan 1954, photo 4 of 4