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Photo #: NH 95745 (Complete Caption)

USS Valley Forge (CV-45)

Vice Admiral Gerald F. Bogan, Commander, First Task Fleet, with officers and visitors during a demonstration cruise for members of the American Ordnance Association, off Long Beach, California, 27 April 1949.
Those present are (from left to right):
Captain Truman J. Hedding, USN, Ship's Commanding Officer;
Mr. Henry L. Clark, President of the Los Angeles American Ordnance Association Chapter and General Manager of the General Motors plant at South Gate, CA.;
Vice Admiral Gerald F. Bogan;
Colonel L.A. Codd, Executive Vice President of the American Ordnance Association;
Ed. Godfrey, Vice President of General Motors and
Rear Admiral Dixwell Ketcham, USN, Commander, Carrier Division Five.

Collection of Vice Admiral Dixwell Ketcham.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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2 September 1999