Hewitt, Henry Kent, ADM

Deceased
 
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Last Rank
Admiral
Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer
Primary Unit
1947-1949, United Nations Command (UNC)
Service Years
1906 - 1949
Admiral Admiral

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Home State
New Jersey
New Jersey
Year of Birth
1888
 
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Contact Info
Home Town
Hackensack, NJ
Last Address
Middlebury, VT
Date of Passing
Sep 15, 1972
 
Location of Interment
U.S. Naval Academy Cemetery and Columbarium (VLM) - Annapolis, Maryland
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Henry Kent Hewitt was commander of amphibious operations in North Africa and southern Europe through World War II. He was born in Hackensack, New Jersey and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1906.

Following World War II, he commanded U.S. Naval Forces Europe, advised the Naval War College, and served as a Navy representative to the United Nations. Hewitt retired from active duty to Orwell, Vermont in 1949. 

   

  1945-1947, 111X, Naval War College (Staff) Center for Naval Warfare Studies

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Rank
Admiral

NEC
111X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Surface Warfare

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Naval War College (Staff) Center for Naval Warfare Studies

Deutermann, Harold Thomas, VADM, (1927-1965) OFF 111X Captain
Copeland, Robert Witcher, RADM, (1935-1965) OFF 111X Lieutenant Commander
Reed, John Ward, CAPT, (1932-1962) OFF 00X Commander
Outerbridge, William Woodward, RADM, (1927-1957) OFF Captain
Phillips, John Spinning, RADM, (1917-1947) OFF Captain
Spruance, Raymond Ames, ADM, (1903-1948) Admiral
Melson, Charles, VADM, (1927-1966) Captain
Moran, Henry, RADM, (1923-1953) Commander
Pye, William Satterlee, VADM, (1901-1944) Vice Admiral
Callaghan, William, VADM, (1918-1957) Rear Admiral Upper Half
Eccles, Henry Effingham, RADM, (1922-1952) Captain
Moran, Henry, RADM, (1923-1953) Captain
Wellings, Joseph Harold, RADM, (1921-1963) Captain
KOCH, George Price, RADM, (1933-1971) Commander
BONNER, Emmett, RADM, (1939-1972) Lieutenant Commander

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