Henry Kent Hewitt (February 11, 1887 – September 15, 1972) [1] was the United States Navy commander of amphibious operations in North Africa and southern Europe through World War …

Feb 7, 2025 · Henry Kent Hewitt was a U.S. naval officer who directed important amphibious landings in Europe during World War II. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, …

A member of the Naval Academy’s Class of 1907, Admiral Henry Kent Hewitt, U. S. Navy (Retired), commanded the destroyer Cummings during World War I, served three tours of duty …

Henry Kent Hewitt was born on 11 February 1887 in Hackensack, NJ, and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1906. Hewitt served on USS Missouri in the Great White Fleet's …

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 …

After graduating form the U.S. Naval Academy, Henry Kent Hewitt served on USS Missouri in the Great White Fleet's circumnavigation of the globe from 1907-1909. He later taught mathematics...

The collection includes John Clagett's typescript biography of Hewitt and Hewitt's own memoirs as well as action reports for Operation Torch, Avalanche, Husky, Brassard, and USS Catoctin, …

As Naval Commander, Western Naval Task Force, from 13 August to 27 September 1944, Admiral Hewitt was responsible for all Naval activities in connection with the invasion of …

Although his impressive list of accomplishments ranks Adm. H. Kent Hewitt among the most successful of World War II naval commanders, he also remains one of the least well known.

Jan 1, 2004 · Such are the memoirs of H. K. Hewitt, admiral in the United States Navy, whose active duty career spanned the first fifty years of the twentieth century, including World War I …