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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-42503

Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk, USN
(left)
shakes hands with
Vice Admiral H. Kent Hewitt, USN

On board USS Ancon (AGC-4) after the successful completion of the first stage of landing operations on Sicily, 11 July 1943.
Note water markings on VAdm. Hewitt's uniform jacket, his battle helmet and binoculars.

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

Online Image: 88KB; 605 x 765 pixels

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10 March 2004