Kinkaid was the commander of the 7th Fleet at Leyte Gulf, right? San Bernadino Straights and capping the T? (now to wiki. . .)
I know he was in the command structure at Leyte (the old man was there) but I'm not sure where. Wiki is the answer. LOL
Story:
Old riding buddy (vet) and I were two of the first ones into the cemetery. Headed straight to McClellan Gate from the main entrance. Old friend from my early DC days is buried near there with his wife (WWII vet). Picked up their wreaths and then moved to the regular row by row clean up. When I go to Arlington, I always focus on "respect" and "history". As you move through the sites, you read the inscriptions on some of the headstones. I try to do that to recognize the individual. There's a guy who was 21 years old and died on August 15, 1968 .... Vietnam? A few rows over is a guy from Minnesota; Marine who died in February 1945 ... Iwo Jima? Look there, a CMH recipient (Navy, WWI). I told the young lady picking up the wreath that she got a special one. I'm not sure she knew what I meant until she read the inscription. We all took a few extra seconds .... Buddy and I try to move to different sections to stay ahead of the big crowds. All kinds of folks, many had NE Patriots gear on. I mostly ignored them. I spoke to the Bills fans and the orange hats of Clemson. LOL Everybody was there for the same reason. Conversation came easy. Saw several members of the German military (in uniform) gathering wreaths. Most of the sites were cleared by 0930 so we headed toward The Tomb. To the East of the Tomb is a long stairway. At the bottom of the stairway is a plaza. As we stood there, watching people, we could faintly hear Taps coming from The Tomb ... maybe a wreath laying ceremony. A few of us immediately stood up and took off our hats, placed 'em over our hearts. Took awhile but all the folks finally caught on. Up near the gate by the old Ft. Myer chapel are some Civil War sites. There was a whole section of children and infants from more modern times. We visited the usual spots .... The Tomb; Joe Louis; The Kennedys; Audie Murphy; The Maine Memorial; the shuttle Challenger, etc. .... walking from Ft. Myer to the Ord Weitzel Gate, we again read the stones (Garden of Stones). I think we were looking for Taft. Past the Kennedys on the hill side was Kincaid. Walked toward the Custis/Lee mansion and saw Doubleday. Rest of the way out, we looked at the stones ... here and there. It's now the only day of the year I feel comfortable walking among the headstones (not staying on the pavement). We left ANC and headed over to Iwo Jima Memorial on our way to the subway. Paid our respects throughout the day and learned something along the way. Got back to E. Loudoun and stopped by a micro-brewery. Doesn't get much better than that.
I know. Two sentences max.