<b>Original description:</b> "(U.S.) Navy Tests Improved Night Suit for Landing Signal Officers. Lieutenant T.S. Lockhard, who tested the “Christmas Tree Light” suite on board USS <i>Midway</i> (CVA-41) is shown with the improved LSO suit. 84 small lights outline the LSO (landing signal officer) and his paddles to make his directions more visible to pilots landing on aircraft carriers at night." The photograph was released on 6 November 1953.
U.S. Navy photo <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/127906254@N06/16969371450/">USN 628652</a> from the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/127906254@N06">National Museum of the U.S. Navy</a>, U.S. National Archives series 330-PS-6313.