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USS Bergall underway in the Atlantic Ocean, 1953	USS Conecuh, 1953-1956

A RB-26C variant of the B-26 Invader in a temporary nose hangar at Toul Air Base, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France, Jan 1953	Battleship New Jersey firing a six-gun salvo at an enemy troop concentration near Kaesong, Korea, 1 Jan 1953

US Marines fighting in Korea, 1 Jan 1953; note Corsair in flight overhead	Crewmen of USS Oriskany clearing snow and ice off the flight deck, off Korea, 10 Jan 1953; note F4U-5N Corsair and AD-3W Skyraider aircraft

A cowboy jokingly lassoed US President Dwight Eisenhower during the inauguration ceremony, Washington DC, United States, 20 Jan 1953; note Richard Nixon and Mamie Eisenhower nearby	US President Dwight Eisenhower and First Lady Mamie Eisenhower at the Inaugural Ball, Washington DC, United States, 20 Jan 1953

US President Dwight Eisenhower and First Lady Mamie Eisenhower waving to crowds during the inaugural parade, Washington DC, United States, 20 Jan 1953	US President-elect Dwight Eisenhower and his wife Mamie Eisenhower leaving a church just prior to the inauguration ceremony, Washington DC, United States, 20 Jan 1953

Commander Eugene Fluckney, Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, a civilian, and Vice Admiral William Calhoun, Coronado, California, United States, 21 Jan 1953	120 mm Gun M1 anti-aircraft weapon manned by men of Battery D, US 36th Anti-aircraft Artillery Gun Battalion during training, Fort George G. Meade, Odenton, Maryland, United States, Feb 1953

Josip Tito, Winston Churchill, and Anthony Eden in London, England, United Kingdom, 1 Mar 1953	Crew of USS Oriskany fighting a fire caused by a F4U-4 Corsair fighter landing accident, off Korea, 6 Mar 1953

Citizens of Rostock, Germany mourning the death of Joseph Stalin, 9 Mar 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

Citizens of Rostock, Germany mourning the death of Joseph Stalin, 10 Mar 1953	Policemen in mourning of Joseph Stalin, Dresden, East Germany, 10 Mar 1953

Portrait of Lieutenant General Edward Brooks, 19 Mar 1953; note writing by Colonel R. Potter Campbell, Jr. to Brooks' grandson Ted Kempster	M46 medium tank of US 1st marine Tank Battalion, Korea, 25 Mar 1953; note bulldozer attachment and anti-rocket wire screen