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Signature page of the Japanese instrument of surrenderFleet Admiral Chester Nimitz presenting Admiral William Halsey with a gold star in lieu of a fourth award of the Navy Distinguished Service Medal aboard USS Missouri in Pearl Harbor, 28 Sep 1945.
Signature page of the Japanese instrument of surrenderFleet Admiral Chester Nimitz presenting Admiral William Halsey with a gold star in lieu of a fourth award of the Navy Distinguished Service Medal aboard USS Missouri in Pearl Harbor, 28 Sep 1945.
Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, Governor Ingrid Stainback of Hawaii, and Mayor Lester Petrie of Honolulu in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States for Navy Day celebrations, 27 Oct 1945King, Forrestal, and Nimitz at the Navy Department, Washington DC, United States, 21 Nov 1945
Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, Governor Ingrid Stainback of Hawaii, and Mayor Lester Petrie of Honolulu in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States for Navy Day celebrations, 27 Oct 1945King, Forrestal, and Nimitz at the Navy Department, Washington DC, United States, 21 Nov 1945
Chester Nimitz, Dwight Eisenhower, Harvard President James Conant, Henry Arnold, Alexander Vandegrift, and William Cleary at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, 1946Portrait of US Chief of Naval Operations Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, Dec 1945-Dec 1947
Chester Nimitz, Dwight Eisenhower, Harvard President James Conant, Henry Arnold, Alexander Vandegrift, and William Cleary at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, 1946Portrait of US Chief of Naval Operations Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, Dec 1945-Dec 1947
Fleet Admiral Nimitz, Fleet Admiral Leahy, President Truman, and Vice Admiral Mitscher aboard USS Franklin D. Roosevelt during maneuvers off the Virginia Capes, United States, 24 Apr 1946Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz watching an anti-submarine weapons demonstration aboard destroyer USS Wiltsie in the Atlantic Ocean, 11 May 1946
Fleet Admiral Nimitz, Fleet Admiral Leahy, President Truman, and Vice Admiral Mitscher aboard USS Franklin D. Roosevelt during maneuvers off the Virginia Capes, United States, 24 Apr 1946Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz watching an anti-submarine weapons demonstration aboard destroyer USS Wiltsie in the Atlantic Ocean, 11 May 1946
Senior US military officers saluting as Forrest ShermanCommander Eugene Fluckney, Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, a civilian, and Vice Admiral William Calhoun, Coronado, California, United States, 21 Jan 1953
Senior US military officers saluting as Forrest Sherman's body arrived at Washington National Airport, Virginia, United States, 25 Jul 1951Commander Eugene Fluckney, Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, a civilian, and Vice Admiral William Calhoun, Coronado, California, United States, 21 Jan 1953
Elizabeth Murphy, Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, Harry Murphy, and Rear Admiral L. S. Fiske at the recommissioning ceremony of USS Menhaden, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 9 Mar 1953Oil on canvas painting of Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, 1960
Elizabeth Murphy, Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, Harry Murphy, and Rear Admiral L. S. Fiske at the recommissioning ceremony of USS Menhaden, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 9 Mar 1953Oil on canvas painting of Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, 1960
Grave of Chester Nimitz, Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno, California, United States, 29 Mar 2008
Grave of Chester Nimitz, Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno, California, United States, 29 Mar 2008

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"With Germany arming at breakneck speed, England lost in a pacifist dream, France corrupt and torn by dissension, America remote and indifferent... do you not tremble for your children?"

Winston Churchill, 1935


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