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Black and white 4x5 photograph of ADM H.K. Hewitt holding a flag, circa 1940-1950.

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Black and white 7x9 photograph of ADM H.K. Hewitt, as Commander of Northwest African Waters, taken March 7, 1944.

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Black and white 8x10 photograph of CAPT H.K. Hewitt, USS Indianapolis, circa 1930-1940.

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Black and white 8x10 photograph of ADM H.K. Hewitt, circa 1940-1950.

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Black and white 8x10 photograph of ADM H.K. Hewitt, circa 1940-1950.

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Black and white 4x5 photograph of GEN Patton and ADM H.K. Hewitt, presentation of 7th Army Flag, circa 1935-1945.

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Color 5x7 photograph of ADM H.K. Hewitt painting, circa 1950-1970.

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Black and white 8x10 photograph of ADM H.K. Hewitt painting, circa 1950-1970.

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Black and white 8x10 photograph of ADM H.K. Hewitt painting, circa 1950-1970.

Content Description The Naval War College Naval Historical Collection houses a small but interesting segment of Hewitt materials. The collection focuses mainly on the illustrious wartime career of Admiral Hewitt, although there are materials from both earlier and later time periods. The materials are contained in fourteen boxes and a folio file drawer. The collection measures thirteen linear feet and is divided into four series: correspondence, writings, miscellany, and photographs.Series I, official correspondence, consists of letters, memoranda, and telegrams, both congratulatory and informational, dealing with the various amphibious operations that ADM Hewitt commanded. They include Operations Torch, Husky, Avalanche, and Dragoon-Anvil. Correspondents were from the highest military and civilian echelons and include General Dwight D. Eisenhower, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Admiral Ernest .J. King. Other correspondence deals with President Roosevelt's voyage in USS INDIANAPOLIS to the Pan American Conference in Buenos Aires in 1936 and in the post-war period with reminiscences of World War II. Correspondents from this Lime period include Winston Churchill, Admiral Sir John Cunningham, RN, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt.The second series, writings, contains the unpublished memoirs of Admiral Hewitt. The memoirs contain a ten page chronology of his life and career as well as a full autobiographical treatment.Series III, miscellany,...