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80-G-702560 Admiral Henry Kent Hewitt, USN

Photo #: 80-G-702560  Admiral Henry Kent Hewitt, USN
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Description: , Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe (second from right) Examines the plaque in USS Missouri's (BB-63) deck that marks the spot where the Surrender of Japan took place on 2 September 1945. Photographed while Missouri was visiting Piraeus, Greece, circa 10-14 April 1946. To the left of Admiral Hewitt are (left to right): Constantine Tsaldaris, Foreign Minister of Greece; Greek Prime Minister Panajiotia and Commodore Tully Shelly, USN. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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