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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 99131

King George VI
, of Great Britain (center)

Inspecting USS Ancon (AGC-4), 25 May 1944, shortly before the invasion of Normandy.
Accompanying him are:
Rear Admiral John L. Hall, Jr., USN (right background); and
Commander Mead S. Pearson, USN, Ancon's Commanding Officer (right).

Donation of Captain George W. Mead, Jr., USN, 1969.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

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24 February 2004