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Two F4U-5N Corsair nightfighters of US Navy squadron VC-3 in flight over USS Boxer, off Korea, 4 Sep 1951; they were flown by Lt John Ely and Lt (jg) Stranlund	Man of 9th Infantry, US 2nd Infantry Division firing a M18A1 recoilless gun, Korea, 5 Sep 1951	Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida signing the Treaty of San Francisco, California, United States, 8 Sep 1951, photo 1 of 2	Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida signing the Treaty of San Francisco, California, United States, 8 Sep 1951, photo 2 of 2

Recommissioning ceremony of USS Cassin Young, Long Beach Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 8 Sep 1951	Ceremonies aboard French carrier La Fayette at Toulon, France, 11 Sep 1951, photo 1 of 2	Ceremonies aboard French carrier La Fayette at Toulon, France, 11 Sep 1951, photo 2 of 2	French carrier La Fayette arriving in France, 11 Sep 1951; note F6F-5, F6F-5N, and TBM-3E aircraft on flight deck; seen in Nov 1951 issue of US Navy Naval Aviation News

French carrier La Fayette probably at Toulon, France, 11 Sep 1951	USS Caiman at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 25 Sep 1951; note USS Charr and USS Baya in background	USS Caiman departing Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 25 Sep 1951, photo 1 of 2	USS Caiman departing Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 25 Sep 1951, photo 2 of 2

USS Essex docked at Yokosuka, Japan, 29 Sep 1951; note CCKW truck on pier and AFKWX truck on crane	Vice Admiral Guy Russell leaving HMS Glory, Kure, Japan, circa 29 Sep 1951	Stockpile of HVAR air-to-surface rockets at the Chinhae Air Base (now Jinhae), South Korea, home of the 18th Fighter-Bomber Group and their P-51D Mustangs, Oct 51.	USS Sarda and USS Flying Fish, circa 1951; note USS Flying Fish with the Gruppen Horsch Gerat sonar taken from German cruiser Prinz Eugen

Pearl Harbor’s Main Entrance Channel, Ford Island, and the Naval Shipyard, Oahu, Hawaii, Oct 2, 1951.	Seaman Leroy Kellam of Essex carried belts of 20mm ammunition for a F2H Banshee fighter aircraft, off Korea, 12 Oct 1951	Churchill, Eisenhower, and Montgomery at a reunion of the British 8th Army, 19 Oct 1951	US President Harry Truman and Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh, 23 Oct 1951