Chilean dignitaries aboard the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS <i>Leyte</i> (CV-32), in early November 1946. <i>Leyte</i>, with assigned Carrier Air Group 18 (CVG-18), was on her shakedown cruise to the Caribbean from 16 September to 12 December 1946. She visited Valparaiso, Chile, for the inauguration of president Gabriel González Videla on 4 November 1946.
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