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Chuck Yeager and Jackie Cochran, 1953; note Canadair F-86 Sabre jet	Clifton Cates playing baseball, 1953	Construction Minister Eisaku Sato, Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida, and Party Chairman Saeki Ozawa at a Liberal Party meeting in Japan, 1953	DUKW in Dutch service, 1953

F4U-4 Corsair aircraft of US Marine Corps squadron VMA-332 aboard USS Point Cruz off Korea, 1953; seen in Mar 1954 issue of US Navy publication Naval Aviation News	F4U-4 Corsair aircraft of US Navy squadron VF-41 aboard USS Midway, Mediterranean Sea, Dec 1952-May 1953	F4U-4 Corsair fighters of US Navy squadron VF-74 aboard USS Bon Homme Richard, off Korea, May 1952-Jan 1953	F4U-4 Corsair fighters of US Navy squadron VF-92 aboard USS Valley Forge, Japan, circa 1953; note the carrier was entering drydock

F6F-5 Hellcat fighter of Escadrille 1F landing on French carrier Arromanches, off French Indochina in the Gulf of Tonkin, circa 1953	French carrier La Fayette in Indochina, 1953	French Navy F4U-7 Corsair fighter in flight, 1952 to early 1953; seen in Mar 1953 issue of US Navy publication US Navy Naval Aviation News	HMAS Bataan off Korea, prior to or during 1953

Li Mi, date unknown	Major General Lewis B “Chesty” Puller and General Holland M. “Howlin’ Mad” Smith (Ret) and their wives at the Marine Corps Ball, 1953.	Map showing British radar range between Sep 1939 and Sep 1940, published in 1953	Marine Corps portrait of Major General Lewis B “Chesty” Puller, 1953-54. Note the ribbon for the Navy Cross with four gold stars representing five awards of the medal; no other Marine can claim this.

Mugshots of Viktor Abakumov, 1952-1954	Portrait of Admiral J.J. Clark on the occasion of his retirement, 1953. Photo 1 of 2.	Portrait of Admiral J.J. Clark on the occasion of his retirement, 1953. Photo 2 of 2.	Portrait of US Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Oveta Hobby, circa 1953