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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-295945

King George VI
, of Great Britain (center)

Inspecting U.S. Navy Officers, probably in a southern English port shortly before the Normandy Invasion, circa May 1944.
Also in the inspecting party are (left to right in the center, just behind the King):
Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk, USN;
Rear Admiral John Wilkes, USN; and
Rear Admiral John L. Hall, Jr., USN.
USS LCI(L)-494 is in the background.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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27 February 2004