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| Lieutenant General Clifton Cates cutting a cake during the celebration of the anniversary of the establishment of the US Marine Corps, Quantico, Virginia, United States, 10 Nov 1953, photo 2 of 2; Brigaider General Robert Bare and Major General Edwin Pollock in background | Lieutenant Commander George Kittredge being relieved by the new commanding officer of USS Sterlet, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 1 Dec 1953 | Submarine Tinosa after her deactivation overhaul and decommissioning at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 2 Dec 1953. | Sculptor Felix de Weldon working on the plaster model of the US Marine Corps War Memorial, circa 1954, photo 1 of 7 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | US President Dwight Eisenhower with Medal of Honor recipients Edward Schowalter, Jr., Ernest West, and William Charette, White House, Washington DC, United States, 12 Jan 1954 | USS Hancock off Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, United States, 4 Mar 1954 |
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| USS Hancock at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, United States, 28 Apr 1954 | Recommissioning ceremony of Guitarro, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 15 May 1954 | Submarine Guitarro being prepared for transfer to Turkey, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, Jun 1954 | US President Dwight Eisenhower signing the law that officially changed the holiday Armistice Day to Veterans Day, White House, Washington DC, United States, 1 Jun 1954 |
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| USS Iowa (foreground), USS Wisconsin, USS Missouri, and USS New Jersey (background) off the Virginia Capes, Virginia, United States, 7 Jun 1954 | Major General Good and Major General Lewis Puller at Camp Lejeune, Jacksonville, North Carolina, United States, 1 Jul 1954; Puller had just taken command of US 2nd Marine Division | Major General Lewis Puller handing the US 2nd Marine Division flags to Brigadier General Edward Snedeker shortly after Puller took command of the division, Camp Lejeune, Jacksonville, North Carolina, United States, 1 Jul 1954 | US President Dwight Eisenhower signing the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, White House, Washington DC, United States, 30 Aug 1954 |
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