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NH 96954 USS Valley Forge (CVA-45)

Photo #: NH 96954 USS Valley Forge (CVA-45)
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Title: USS Valley Forge (CVA-45)
Description: Commander C.V. Johnson taxies forward after making the carrier's 50,000th landing, during operations off Korea on 10 May 1953. His plane is a Douglas AD Skyraider. Another AD is flying in the upper right. Note the ship's arresting gear wires, after elevator and flight deck crewmen. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Catalog #: NH 96954
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