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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 67227 USS Ancon (AGC-4) King George VI visits the ship on 25 May 1944, prior to the Normandy invasion. With the King in Ancon's pilothouse is her Commanding Officer, Captain Mead S. Pearson, USN. Note the engine order telegraph. Donation of Captain George W. Mead, Jr., USN, 1969. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 70KB; 595 x 765 pixels

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29 March 2004