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Onboard a warship, Admirals' Albert Gleaves, Hugh Rodman, and Henry Wilson are seen posing for the camera, U.S.A., 1919. Admiral Gleaves graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1877, served in the Spanish-American War, and eventually rose to the rank of Rear Admiral in 1915. In 1917 he assumed command of the Cruiser and Transport Force of the Atlantic Fleet, tasked with conveying United States troops and supplies to the war in Europe. His success was extraordinary in that no soldiers were lost in trans-Atlantic voyages in spite of constant danger from U-boat attacks. Admiral Hugh Rodman KCB was an officer in the United States Navy who served during the Spanish–American War and World War I, later serving as the Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet from 1919 to 1921. Henry Braid Wilson was appointed Cadet Midshipman from the First District of New Jersey on 22 September 1876, and was graduated from the Naval Academy with the Class of 1881. Commissioned Ensign (junior grade) on 1 July 1883, and subsequently attained the rank of Captain on 4 March 1911. Selected for the rank of Rear Admiral by the Navy’s first Selection Board, he assumed that rank on 1 July 1917, was promoted to Vice Admiral to date from 25 September 1918, and to Admiral, from 30 June 1919.