Welcome to the USS Helena CA-75, Black and White picture page number 6.
Pictures taken by the Dave B during the 1952 cruise past Iwo Jima, Wake Island and to Guam with the USS Helena CA-75, in 1952

Iwo Jima.
Most crew members did not know why we were circling the Island of Iwo Jima. President Elect Eisenhower was on the island.
He came on board a few days later while we were in Guam and sailed with us until the Helena reached Pearl Harbor.