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Theodore Wilkinson

SurnameWilkinson
Given NameTheodore
CountryUnited States
CategoryMilitary-Sea
GenderMale

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ww2dbaseTheodore Wilkinson was the commanding officer of US Navy Task Force 79 during the Leyte Campaign. The task force transported Lieutenant General Walter Krueger's Sixth Army.

Last Major Revision: Jan 2005

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Vice Admiral Theodore Wilkinson (left), Vice Admiral Thomas Kinkaid (center), and Rear Admiral Daniel Barbey (right) attend a meeting of senior officers of US Navy Third and Seventh Fleets at Seventh Fleet Headquarters to plan the invasion of Leyte, Philippines, circa Sep 1944One page from the USS Missouri deck log for 2 Sep 1945 listing many of the dignitaries who came aboard for the surrender ceremony in Tokyo Bay, Japan.




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Vice Admiral Theodore Wilkinson (left), Vice Admiral Thomas Kinkaid (center), and Rear Admiral Daniel Barbey (right) attend a meeting of senior officers of US Navy Third and Seventh Fleets at Seventh Fleet Headquarters to plan the invasion of Leyte, Philippines, circa Sep 1944One page from the USS Missouri deck log for 2 Sep 1945 listing many of the dignitaries who came aboard for the surrender ceremony in Tokyo Bay, Japan.


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