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164. USS
ANCON Officer Grouping -
Command Flagship - Omar
Bradley, Mark Clark
Grouping of an officer
who served on the USS
ANCON. the Ancon played
important roles during
WWII. She served as the
FLAG SHIP of Commander
of the Atlantic Fleet
Amphibious Forces during
the invasion of SICILY.
She carried Rear ADMIRAL
ALAN G. KIRK, COMMANDER,
TF 85, AND LIEUTENANT
GENERAL OMAR BRADLEY on
board. During the
invasion of mainland
Italy, she had been
designated flagship for
the Commander of the 8th
Fleet Amphibious Forces
in Northwest African
Waters. On 6 September,
Ancon got underway for
Salerno. During the
operation, the ship
carried Lieutenant
GENERAL MARK WAYNE CLARK
who commanded the 5th
Army. For the NORMANDY
invasion, she was
designated the flagship
of the 11th Amphibious
Force. On 25 May, King
George VI of the United
Kingdom and Field
Marshal Montgomery
visited the ship. She
served as FLAGSHIP FOR
THE ASSAULT FORCES THAT
LANDED ON OMAHA BEACH IN
NORMANDY. Throughout the
invasion, the ship
provided instructions
for forces both afloat
and ashore. She served
important roles in the
Pacific Theater, as
well.
Comes with two garrison
caps, pair shoulder
boards, box of buttons
and insignia, official
ships newspapers,
wartime restricted Naval
Ordnance & Gunnery
manual, wartime report
of the ANCON during the
SALERNO invasion, ship
diagrams, rare original
ship's organization
manual, color photos,
original photo of
SALERNO landing craft on
beach and more.
$350
