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| Dixie Kiefer at the change of command ceremony of NAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island, United States, 3 May 1945; note Commander Wyatt in background | USS Intrepid and USS Wasp at Naval Air Station Quonset Point, Rhode Island, United States, 23 Sep 1970 |
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