A member of the Naval Academy’s Class of 1907, Admiral Henry Kent Hewitt, U. S. Navy (Retired), commanded the destroyer Cummings during World War I, served three tours of duty at the Naval Academy, and commanded the Indianapolis, 1936–37. At the time of Pearl Harbor he was ComCruLant but was soon assigned to command the Amphibious Force Atlantic Fleet. As Commander of the Western Naval Task Force in Operation Torch he had charge of the Moroccan landings in 1942. From March, 1943, until April, 1945, he was the top U. S. Naval Officer in the Mediterranean as Commander of U. S. Eighth Fleet. In August, 1945, he became Commander U. S. Naval Forces Europe, and in 1947 until his retirement in 1949 he was U. S. Naval Representative on the United Nations Military Staff Committee.
