US SecNav Matthews aboard USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) in 1950
The U.S. Secretary of the Navy Francis P. Matthews (center) disembarks from a Douglas AD-4N Skyraider aircraft, after being flown aboard the aircraft carrier USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) off Korea, 22 November 1950. He is being welcomed by the carrier's Commanding Officer, Captain Willard K. Goodney. Secretary Matthews was visiting Navy units involved in Korean War operations. Note his leather flight helmet and inflatable life vest. Philippine Sea, with assigned Carrier Air Group 11 (CVG-11), was deployed to the Western Pacific and Korea from 5 July 1950 to 26 March 1951.
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- 1950-11-22
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