Left to right: Rep. Carl Vinson (D.GA.), Secretary of Navy, Francis P. Matthews, Admiral Louis E. Denfeld, Chief of Naval Operations, and Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Pacific Fleet Commander, Oct. 6, 1949.
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