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Admiral Burke at the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, circa late 1950s; note Rear Admiral William Smedberg in background	Audie Murphy as his character Tom Smith from the television show Whispering Smith, 1959	Diagram of the John C. Butler and Rudderow classes of destroyer escorts, the primary difference being in their respective power plants, All Hands Magazine, 1959.	Dwight Eisenhower and George Bush, date unknown

Eisenhower and Franco, Madrid, Spain, 1959	Fidel Castro and others with Johnson M1941 rifles, 1959	Nina Kukharchuk, Mamie Eisenhower, Nikita Khrushchev, and Dwight Eisenhower, 1959	One of the last photographs of the former USS Chester as she was towed out of the Philadelphia reserve fleet on her way to the breakers yard, 1959.

Portrait of Rear Admiral Edwin T. Layton, probably on the occasion of his retirement in 1959.	Puyi being released from the Fushun War Criminals Management Center re-education camp in Shenyang, Liaoning Province (formerly Mukden, Fengtien Province), northeastern China, 1959	This B-17G Fortress saw no service during World War II but was purchased from surplus in 1947 and installed at this gas station in Milwaukie, Oregon with only 37 total hours on the engines, photo circa 1959.	US President Dwight Eisenhower and Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Parliament House, New Delhi, India, 1959

US President Dwight Eisenhower and Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Tehran, Iran, 1959	USS Proteus, Charleston Navy Yard, North Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 1959, photo 1 of 2	USS Proteus, Charleston Navy Yard, North Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 1959, photo 2 of 2	USS Proteus, Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina, United States, date unknown

USS Ticonderoga with sailors, F3H Demon fighters, and HUP Retriever helicopter lined up on the flight deck, circa 1959	US Secretary of Army Wilber Brucker, scientist Wernher von Braun, and US President Dwight Eisenhower, Jan 1959	Portrait of Admiral Burke, 10 Jan 1959	Chiang Kaishek and Chiang Ching-kuo inspecting defensive fortifications at Kinmen island, Fujian Province, Republic of China (Taiwan), 24 Jan 1959