Kinkaid aboard Indianapolis (front row, near center), 1937Thomas Kinkaid aboard USS Enterprise, 22 Jul 1942; note radio direction finding loop in foregroundThomas Kinkaid reading in his quarters on Adak, Aleutian Islands, US Territory of Alaska, 14 May 1943Rear Admiral Daniel Barbey (left) and Vice Adimral Thomas Kinkaid (right) studying a map of New Guinea aboard Barbey
Kinkaid aboard Indianapolis (front row, near center), 1937Thomas Kinkaid aboard USS Enterprise, 22 Jul 1942; note radio direction finding loop in foregroundThomas Kinkaid reading in his quarters on Adak, Aleutian Islands, US Territory of Alaska, 14 May 1943Rear Admiral Daniel Barbey (left) and Vice Adimral Thomas Kinkaid (right) studying a map of New Guinea aboard Barbey's flagship, 5 Jan 1944
Vice Admiral Thomas Kinkaid, General Douglas MacArthur, and Colonel Lloyd Labrbas aboard cruiser Phoenix during bombardment of Los Negros Island, 28 Feb 1944; note 40-mm gun mount in backgroundVice 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 1944Portrait of Thomas Kinkaid, circa 1945Thomas Kinkaid (left) and two other officers aboard a PT motor torpedo boat in the Leyte-Samar area, Philippines, 1945
Vice Admiral Thomas Kinkaid, General Douglas MacArthur, and Colonel Lloyd Labrbas aboard cruiser Phoenix during bombardment of Los Negros Island, 28 Feb 1944; note 40-mm gun mount in backgroundVice 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 1944Portrait of Thomas Kinkaid, circa 1945Thomas Kinkaid (left) and two other officers aboard a PT motor torpedo boat in the Leyte-Samar area, Philippines, 1945
Kinkaid aboard USS Wasatch in Lingayen Gulf, Leyte, Philippines, 9 Jan 1945Admiral Thomas Kinkaid (with glasses) and Lieutenant General John Hodge signing the Japanese surrender document, General Government Building, Seoul, Korea, 9 Sep 1945Portrait of Thomas Kinkaid, circa 1946-1950Senior US military officers saluting as Forrest Sherman
Kinkaid aboard USS Wasatch in Lingayen Gulf, Leyte, Philippines, 9 Jan 1945Admiral Thomas Kinkaid (with glasses) and Lieutenant General John Hodge signing the Japanese surrender document, General Government Building, Seoul, Korea, 9 Sep 1945Portrait of Thomas Kinkaid, circa 1946-1950Senior US military officers saluting as Forrest Sherman's body arrived at Washington National Airport, Virginia, United States, 25 Jul 1951
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