Caption on reverse: "5/10/44. U.S. Navy Central Pacific Commander. Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, as commander of the Fifth Fleet of the U.S. Navy, directs naval operations in the Central Pacific. He led the American task force that attacked Japanese bases in the Western Carolines, within 600 miles of the Philippine Islands, and was in over-all command …

Caption on reverse: "Enroute back to Manila post: Raymond A. Spruance, left, U.S. ambassador to the Philippines is shown being greeted by Gov. and Mrs. Samuel Wilder King at the Honolulu International airport, as he passed through Honolulu last night on his way back to Manila from Washington. The ambassador spent a week in Washington on …