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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 96941 USS Valley Forge (CV-45) Arrives at San Diego, California, 1 December 1950, following seven month's service in Far Eastern waters and five months of Korean War Operations. A few days later, she was hurriedly recalled to the war zone to help counter the Chinese Communist offensive. A Fletcher class destroyer is moored in the left foreground, and several YMS-type minesweepers are alongside the waterfront at right. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 147KB; 740 x 625 pixels

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25 August 1999