during the war. The medal was duly presented by General Courtney Hodges in a ceremony on Governors Island on 10 April 1947. The Australian government chose to honor Kinkaid with an honorary Companion of the Order of the Bath, which was presented by the ambassador at a ceremony at the embassy in Washington on Australia Day, 26 January 1948. Kinkaid had already been created Grand Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau by Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands in 1944. In March 1948, he was made a Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold and presented with the Croix de Guerre with Palm in a ceremony at the Belgian embassy in Washington, D.C. He served as the naval representative with the National Security Training Commission from 1951 until it was abolished in 1957, and with the American Battle Monuments Commission for fifteen years, beginning in 1953. In this capacity, he attended the dedication of the Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial, Rhone American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila American Cemetery and Memorial and the East Coast Memorial. He also paid a visit to Australia and New Zealand in 1951. Until 1961, he attended the annual reunions held to celebrate General MacArthur's birthday, 26 January, joining MacArthur and his old colleagues, including Krueger and Kenney. Kinkaid died at Bethesda Naval Hospital on 17 November 1972 and was buried with military honors at Arlington National Cemetery on 21 November. The Navy named a after him. was launched by his widow Helen at the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula, Mississippi, on 1 June 1974. References Bibliography External links 1888 births 1972 deaths Aleutian Islands campaign United States Navy admirals United States Navy personnel of World War I Burials at Arlington National Cemetery People from Hanover, New Hampshire Military personnel from New Hampshire United States Naval Academy alumni United States Navy World War II admirals Honorary Companions of the Order of the Bath Grand Officers of the Order of Orange-Nassau Recipients of the Croix de guerre (Belgium) Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (US Army) Recipients of the Legion of Merit Recipients of the Order of the Sacred Tripod American expatriates in Italy United States naval attachés People from Georgetown (Washington, D.C.) Recipients of the Navy Distinguished Service Medal