General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE; ADM. HEWITT, SEC.FORRESTAL amp; GENS. PATCH amp; TRUSCOTT ABOARD AGC

Forrestal, James, 1892-1949

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James Vincent Forrestal (February 15, 1892 – May 22, 1949) was the last Cabinet-level United States Secretary of the Navy and the first United States Secretary of Defense. Forrestal came from a very strict middle class Irish Catholic family. He was a successful financier on Wall Street before becoming Undersecretary of the Navy in 1940, shortly before the United States entered the Second World War. He became Secretary of the Navy in May 1944 upon the death of his superior, Frank Knox. Preside...

Truscott, Lucian King, 1895-1965

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General Lucian King Truscott Jr. (January 9, 1895 – September 12, 1965) was a highly decorated senior United States Army officer, who saw distinguished active service during World War II. Between 1943–45, he successively commanded the 3rd Infantry Division, VI Corps, Fifteenth Army and Fifth Army. He was, along with Alexander Patch, among the few U.S. Army officers to command a division, a corps, and a field army on active service during the war. His Distinguished Service Cross citation reads...

Hewitt, H. Kent (Henry Kent), 1887-1972

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Hewitt was a 1906 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy. He served in the European Theatre in WWII and was commander of amphibious invasions in North Africa, Sicily, Italy and Southern France. He retired in 1949 with the rank of Admiral. From the description of Letter, May 5, 1948. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 708362911 From the description of Papers, 1903-1957. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 17836629 After graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy, ...

Patch, Alexander McCarrell, 1889-1945

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