Photo #: NH 97324
Rear Admiral Arthur D. Struble, USN,
Commander, Visayan Attack Force
Leaves USS Wasatch (AGC-9), flagship of Vice Admiral Thomas
C. Kinkaid (Commander, Seventh Fleet), immediately prior to the
launching of the Mindoro invasion. Probably taken off Leyte,
Philippines, circa 12 December 1944.
Rear Admiral Struble commanded the Mindoro operation.
This photograph was released for publication on 16 December 1944,
the day after the Mindoro landings.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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