Photo #: NH 99215
Major General Edwin J. House, U.S. Army (center)
On the flag bridge of USS Ancon (AGC-4) during the Salerno
landings, 12 September 1943.
MGen. House commanded Ancon fighter-director team during
the operation.
At right is Vice Admiral H. Kent Hewitt, USN, Commander Western
Naval Task Force. His Chief of Staff, Rear Admiral Spencer S.
Lewis, USN, is at left.
Note aircraft recognition silhouettes painted on the bulkhead.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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