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Photo #: NH 68553

President Dwight D. Eisenhower
(wearing ball cap)

Uses binoculars to observe operations, while on board USS Canberra (CAG-2) en route to Bermuda for a conference, 14 March 1957.
The cruiser's two SPQ-5 guided missile guidance radars are visible in the center and left-center, with "Terrier" missiles on their launchers further aft.
Note that the President's sports shirt is decorated with elephant figures.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

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13 March 2003