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ARCHIVE PHOTO OF THE DAYChiang Kai-shek, 1966
Stars and Stripes
November 15, 2018
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Andrew Headland, Jr. ©Stars and StripesPacific Ocean, March, 1966: During a visit to the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise off the coast of Taiwan, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek listens to an explanation of how a Geiger counter works. The Nationalist Chinese president was on a four-hour visit to the nuclear-powered carrier, during which he watched a series of fly-bys and weapons demonstrations.
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