biography
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Kincaid, Thomas (Cassin)
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pronunciation:
[kinkayd]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1888–1972)
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| biography:
| Naval officer, born in Hanover, New Hampshire, USA. He took command of the USS Enterprise after Pearl Harbor, and fought in the Battles of the Coral Sea, Midway, and the E Solomons. As Douglas MacArthur's naval commander (1943–5) he participated in the New Guinea and Philippines operations, fought the Battle of Leyte Gulf (1944), and landed US troops in Korea in 1945. |
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