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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 68568

President Dwight D. Eisenhower


Arrive via U.S. Marine Corps helicopter on board USS Des Moines (CA-134) in the harbor of Athens, Greece, 15 December 1959.
Following the President is his Naval Aide, Captain Evan P. Aurand, USN.
The helicopter is a Sikorski HUS-1 (Bureau # 147179). Note the floatation gear fitted to its main wheels.

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

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12 February 2004