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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	Proctor V of Field Aircraft services in Manchester, England, United Kingdom, 1953	Republic of China ambassador in Egypt Ma Bufang and Egyptian general Muhammad Naguib, Egypt, 1952-1954	SNJ-5C Texans making carrier landings aboard Light Carrier USS Monterey as part of carrier qualifications, 1953.

Soldiers of the Ethiopian Battalion of the US 7th Infantry Division, Korea, 1953; note M1 Garand and M1 Carbine weapons	Song Zian and Sun Li-jen, Taiwan, 1953	Starboard side view of USS Wasp, circa 1953	US Air Force General Curtis LeMay, mid-1950s