Photo #: NH 104263 (complete caption)
"Leaders of the Central Pacific Campaign"
"Admiral C.W. Nimitz, USN, Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific
Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas, and his subordinate Army, Navy
and Marine Corps Officers who are directing Central Pacific operations,
are shown while inspecting Army troops who are participating
in corrent operations." (quoted from an original 1943 vintage
picture caption).
Photographed on board an attack transport (probably USS Leonard
Wood, APA-12) in November 1943. The officers standing in
the front row are, from left to right:
Vice Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, USN;
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN;
Lieutenant General Robert C. Richardson, Jr., USA, Commanding
General, U.S. Army Forces, Central Pacific Area;
Brigadier General Henry B. Holmes, Jr., USA, Chief of Staff,
U.S. Army Forces, Central Pacific Area Major General Ralph Smith,
USA, Commanding General, Twenty-Seventh Infantry Division;
Lieutenant General Holland M. Smith, USMC, Commander Assault
Troops, Central Pacific; and
Rear Admiral Charles. H. McMorris, USN, Chief of Staff, U.S.
Pacific Fleet.
Collection of Vice Admiral Robert C. Giffen, USN.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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