
Historical Information | |||||
Caption | Rear Admiral Chester Nimitz being sworn in as US Navy Chief of the Bureau of Navigation by Rear Admiral Walter Woodson at the Navy Department, Washington DC, United States, Jun 1939 ww2dbase | ||||
Date | Jun 1939 | ||||
Photographer | Unknown | ||||
Source Information | |||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy Naval History and Heritage Command | ||||
Identification Code | NH 62008 | ||||
Related Content | |||||
More on... |
| ||||
Colorized By WW2DB |
Colorized with Adobe Photoshop |
||||
Licensing Information | |||||
Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US Navy Naval History and Heritage Command, as of 21 Jul 2010: Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
||||
Metadata | |||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||
Photo Size | 740 x 585 pixels |
Please consider supporting us on Patreon. Even $1 per month will go a long way! Thank you. Please help us spread the word: Stay updated with WW2DB: |
Change View
Desktop ViewSearch WW2DB

News
- » US State Lawmaker John Winter Caught Using Racial Slur "Jap" and Apologized (11 Jun 2025)
- » Köln/Cologne Evacuated After Discovery of WW2 Bombs (4 Jun 2025)
- » US Women's Army Corps "Six Triple Eight" Awarded with Congressional Gold Medal (30 Apr 2025)
- » Race, Holocaust, and African-American WW2 Histories Removed from the US Naval Academy Library (7 Apr 2025)
- » US Government Plans to Purge WW2 Information (17 Mar 2025)
- » See all news
Random Photograph
Children with Down syndrome at Schönbrunn Psychiatric Hospital near Dachau, Germany, 16 Feb 1934Current Site Statistics
- » 1,176 biographies
- » 337 events
- » 44,933 timeline entries
- » 1,245 ships
- » 350 aircraft models
- » 207 vehicle models
- » 376 weapon models
- » 123 historical documents
- » 261 facilities
- » 470 book reviews
- » 28,469 photos
- » 365 maps
Famous WW2 Quote
"All right, they're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us... they can't get away this time."Lt. Gen. Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, at Guadalcanal