Reception given by U.S. Ambassador George V Allen in the garden at his summer home, Villa Podkoren, Bled. Foreign Minister Eduard Kardelj and Mrs Kardelj arrive at the garden and received by Ambassador in white dinner jacket. The Chef de Protocol of the Foreign Office Mr Smodolka also arrives. Marshal Josip Broz Tito accompanied by his aide Major General Gegelj arrives at the gates and received by Ambassador and Mr Smodolka. Marshal Tito drinks cocktails talking to Ambassador and Mrs Allen. At the head of the table is De Joseph Vilfan, Deputy Foreign Minister and formerly Yugoslav delegate to the UN. Others at the table are U.S. Ambassador, wife of Turkish Ambassador, Dr. Slovan Smodolka, Mr Kardelj and Lady Peake, wife of British Ambassador. Marshal Tito's table with Mrs Allen, Mrs Kardelj, British Ambassador Sir Charles Peake, wife of Belgium Minister, Deputy Foreign Minister Dr Leo Mates, Dutch Minister Mr Dozy and the Belgium Minister. Table of Mrs Vilfan, Deputy Director of the Department of Information, with Joseph Vidmar, President of the Federal Parliament, Dr Brecelj and his wife, Vice President of Slovania. Tables with diplomats and the Canadian Military Attache. Mr And Mrs Kardelj leave the party escorted by Ambassador Allen.
Flight deck crews move several F4U aircraft around flight deck of USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116). Several deck crew members accompany an F4U on elevator down to hangar deck. Landing Signal officer guides approaching helicopter. A Sikorsky HO3S-1 helicopter lands on the flight deck. Several of the ship's officers greet passenger from the helicopter and accompany him across the flight deck. F4Us seen on deck with wings folded.
USS Chara (AKA-58) comes alongside the USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116) for a transfer of supplies and ammo. Bridge of Chara. DA Men approach lines. Gear transferred via lines. Gear on lines in cargo nets, lowered to carrier flight deck. F4Us on flight deck with folded wings.
F4Us on flight deck of USS Badoeng Strait, with folded wings. Men stack ammo on the deck. Gear comes aboard carrier via lines.
U.S. Marine Corps F4U Corsair airplane is catapulted from flight deck of the USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-166) in waters off Korea. Another Corsair is catapulted. Its tail code: "WS" clearly visible, identifying it as belonging to Marine Fighter Squadron VMF-323 (Deathrattlers). View from further aft, with carrier island at to starboard, as another F4U is catapulted. Other Corsairs taxi forward toward the catapults. After another F4U is catapulted, a flight of four, in formation, flies over the carrier. Deck crew members stand and converse. Another formation of four Corsairs flies past overhead. Deck crews cleanup and prepare for aircraft recoveries. (Korean War period.)
Pier manned in the far background. Men mill around on pier. Large warehouse in the background. Men disembark from USS Badoeng Strait onto the pier. Men come down the gangway. Gear stacked on pier.
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