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80-G-426974: USS Newport News (CA-148), circa 1951

80-G-426974: USS Newport News (CA-148), circa 1951. President of Lebanon Bechara El Khiry on board USS Newport News (CA 148) at Beirut, Lebanon. President El Khoury boards with band and full honors while Vice Admiral John J. Ballentine, USN, watches. Photograph received 16 March 1951. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2014/01/30).
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Caption: USS Newport News (CA-148), circa 1951. President of Lebanon Bechara El Khiry on board USS Newport News (CA 148) at Beirut, Lebanon. President El Khoury boards with band and full honors while Vice Admiral John J. Ballentine, USN, watches. Photograph received 16 March 1951. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2014/01/30).
Accession #: 80-G-426974
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