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Chester Nimitz

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Chester Nimitz Quotes
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Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz ( 24 February 1885 – 20 February 1966 ) US Navy officer who was Commander in Chief of Pacific Forces ( CINCPAC ) for the United States and Allied forces during World War II. Contents 1 Sourced 1.1 Employment of...
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Chester Nimitz Quotes
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That is not to say that we can relax our readiness to defend ourselves. Our armament must be adequate to the needs, but our faith is not primarily in these machines of defense but in...


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Name: Chester William Nimitz
Birth Date: February 24, 1885
Death Date: February 20, 1966
Place of Birth: Fredricksburg, Texas, United States
Place of Death: San Francisco, California, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: naval officer

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Biography of Chester William Nimitz
679 words, approx. 2 pages
Chester William Nimitz (1885-1966), American naval officer, commanded the Pacific Fleet during World War II and played a major role in formulating and executing the strategy which led to the defeat of Japan. Chester Nimitz was born on Feb. 24, 1885, in...


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Sea Classics
chester nimitz LONE STAR ADMIRAL
12/01/2007: 3,142 words, approx. 11 pages
Despite the pressures of severe inter-service rivalry, Fleet Admiral Nimitz had the courage of his convictions and the leadership skills to successfully direct Washington's mandates on how the Pacific War was to be fought When President Franklin Roosevelt appointed Chester Nimitz commander of...
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The Washington Post
Chester Nimitz Jr. Dies; Navy Officer, Executive
01/07/2002: 608 words, approx. 2 pages
Navy Rear Adm. Chester W. Nimitz Jr., a highly decorated World War II submarine officer who was the son of the fleet admiral who helped oversee the Allied victory in that war, died Jan. 2 with his wife at a retirement residence in Needham,...
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AP News
Veterans gather to commemorate Midway
6/4/2007: 407 words, approx. 1 pages
John Besson readied himself Monday to return to the remote Pacific atoll where 65 years ago, as a 29-year-old assistant engineer on the USS Pensacola, he took part in a turning point in World War II.As part of a wounded U.S. Navy _ this was...
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AP News
Veterans commemorate Battle of Midway
6/5/2007: 537 words, approx. 2 pages
Holding their hands over their hearts, six veterans of the Battle of Midway stood as a Navy band played the national anthem to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the fight that marked a turning point in World War II.About 1,800 people ventured to this remote...
 


 

Chester Nimitz

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