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Sir Winston Churchill receiving honors aboard the USS Randolph at Cannes, France, 26 Oct 1958. This was Churchill’s first visit to a warship since World War II.	Alexander von Falkenhausen having just received a Chinese award, Germany, 28 Nov 1958

Chinese ambassador to Belgium Wang Xiaoxi presenting an award to Alexander von Falkenhausen, Germany, 28 Nov 1958	Portrait of Admiral Burke, 15 Dec 1958

1959 chart of Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands.	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	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.	Dwight Eisenhower and George Bush, date unknown

Eisenhower and Franco, Madrid, Spain, 1959	Fidel Castro and others with Johnson M1941 rifles, 1959

Nina Kukharchuk, Mamie Eisenhower, Nikita Khrushchev, and Dwight Eisenhower, 1959	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.	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	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	USS Proteus, Charleston Navy Yard, North Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 1959, photo 2 of 2