Sea Classics, December 1st, 2007
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 the US Pacific Fleet shortly after the devastation of Pearl Harbor, his wife congratulated him for "getting the fleet."
"The fleet, dear, is at the bottom of the ocean," Nimitz replied solemnly.
Of all America's ocean warriors during World War II, the path taken by Chester Nimitz was the oddest.
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