Thomas Cassin Kinkaid was an admiral in the United States Navy, known for his service during World War II. He built a reputation as a "fighting admiral" in the aircraft carrier battles of 1942 and commanded the Allied forces in the Aleutian Islands Campaign. He was Commander Allied Naval Forces and the Seventh Fleet under General of the Army Douglas MacArthur in the Southwest Pacific Area, where he conducted numerous amphibious operations, and commanded an Allied fleet during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval battle of World War II and the last naval battle between battleships in history.
Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid
USS Indianapolis at Pearl Harbor, c. 1937
USS Lexington (center right), afire and under heavy attack, in a photograph taken from a Japanese aircraft
Rear Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid on board his flagship, USS Enterprise, 22 July 1942.
Aleutian Islands campaign
The Aleutian Islands campaign was a military campaign fought between 3 June 1942 and 15 August 1943 on and around the Aleutian Islands in the American Theater of World War II. It was the only military campaign of World War II fought on North American soil.
American troops hauling supplies through Jarmin Pass on Attu in May 1943. Their vehicles could not move across the island's rugged terrain.
Japanese troops raise the Imperial battle flag on Kiska Island in the Aleutians on June 6, 1942.
The Navy radio station at Dutch Harbor burning after the Japanese attack, June 4, 1942
American troops endure snow and ice during the Battle of Attu in May 1943
