Operation Torch, 1942
Historical highway marker KV-7 · Norfolk
The first major amphibious action of World War II was planned near here in the Nansemond Hotel, Hdq. of Amphibious Force U.S. Atlantic Fleet. An Army-Navy staff under Adm. H. K. Hewitt met with General G. S. Patton to plan the movement of Task Force "A" from Hampton Roads to North Africa
Virginia State Library, 1960