Vice Admiral Theodore S. Wilkinson, USN,
Commander Amphibious Force, Third Fleet;
Vice Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid, USN,
Commander Seventh Fleet; and
Rear Admiral Daniel E. Barbey, USN,
Commander Amphibious Force, Seventh Fleet
(listed from left to right)
Attend a meeting of senior officers of the Third and Seventh Fleets, at Seventh Fleet Headquarters, to plan the invasion of Leyte.
The photograph was released for publication on 20 October 1944, the first day of the Leyte landings. It was taken sometime earlier.