• Charles Henry Nimitz (born Karl Heinrich Nimitz; (November 9, 1826 – April 28, 1911) was born in Bremen, Germany, the son of a merchant seaman. Like his...
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    William Nimitz (1864–1943), Chester B. Nimitz's brother. He was significantly influenced by his German-born paternal grandfather, Charles Henry Nimitz, a former...
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    evolution of the old hotel. Charles Henry Nimitz, German merchant sailor and grandfather of Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, was born in Bremen in Germany...
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    and state. In 1852, Bremen seaman Charles Henry Nimitz, grandfather of Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, built the Nimitz Hotel in Fredericksburg. In 1870...
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    Representative (1979–1989), died in a plane crash. Charles Henry Nimitz (1826–1911) Born in Bremen. In 1852, built the Nimitz Hotel in Fredericksburg, which now houses...
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    [permanent dead link‍] "Charles Nimitz". Texas Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved April 6, 2013. "Fleet Admiral Nimitz Dies Of Stroke". The Spokesman...
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  • (1826–1905), polymath ethnography and anthropologist. Charles Henry Nimitz (1826–1911), in 1852 built the Nimitz Hotel in Fredericksburg, Texas Amalie Murtfeldt...
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    the War in the Pacific: Nimitz and His Admirals. Weybright and Talley. ASIN B0006C5D54. Biography portal Works by or about Charles A. Lockwood at the Internet...
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  • (First sheriff of Gillespie County) Charles Henry Nimitz (1826–1911) (Grandfather of Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz) History of Fredericksburg, Texas Hafertepe...
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    military figures, such as a colonel in Battle of the Bulge (1965) and Admiral Nimitz in Midway (1976). Fonda won the Academy Award for Best Actor at the 54th...
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  • Hellcats of the Navy (category Films produced by Charles H. Schneer)
    Chester W. Nimitz appears as himself to introduce the film, and he is later played in the story by actor Selmer Jackson. Retired Navy officer Charles A. Lockwood...
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    evaluation. Charles Henry Nimitz, grandfather of Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, made a special visit to the Loyal Valley residence. Nimitz later gave an...
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  • Garth is carried off the ship, seen by Haruko, as Nimitz and Rochefort reflect on the battle. Nimitz suggests that Matt would have noted that Yamamoto...
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    alongside him, as are Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, his longtime friend Admiral Richmond K. Turner, and Admiral Charles A. Lockwood, an arrangement made by all...
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    thirty pilots and radiomen, Gay was the only survivor. Gay later met with Admiral Nimitz and confirmed the destruction of three Japanese carriers he had witnessed...
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    of Navigation, Rear Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, and offered King the command of the Atlantic Squadron. Nimitz explained that while King had been a vice...
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    This is the filmography of American actor Henry Fonda (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982). From the beginning of Fonda's career in 1935 through to his last...
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    handled personally. However, theater commanders Douglas MacArthur, Chester Nimitz, and Joseph Stilwell all coveted the B-29s for tactical support, to which...
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    Statement (EIS) designed to determine the appropriate homeports for three Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in the Pacific Fleet. The EIS examined...
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    States Navy, the others being William Leahy, Ernest J. King, and Chester W. Nimitz. Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Halsey graduated from the United States...
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  • Burchard Miller Gus Franklin Mutscher Randy Neugebauer Elisabet Ney Chester W. Nimitz Bonnie Parker Friedrich Richard Petri Robert Rauschenberg Bob Schieffer...
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    the 7th Infantry Division and report to Admiral Chester W. Nimitz at Pearl Harbor, where Nimitz informed him that he was to be in command of the army forces...
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    to Charles Frederick Hughes at Wikimedia Commons Charles Frederick Hughes Papers, 1884–1888 MS 279 held by Special Collections & Archives, Nimitz Library...
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    Archives, Nimitz Library at the United States Naval Academy Works by George Henry Preble at Project Gutenberg Works by or about George Henry Preble at...
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  • Apocalypse: The Second World War (category Cultural depictions of Henry Ford)
    Roosevelt Dwight Eisenhower Douglas MacArthur Chester Nimitz George Patton Charles A. Lindbergh Henry Ford Joseph P. Kennedy John F. Kennedy Harry S. Truman...
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    Silverstone (1968), p. 38 Potter & Nimitz (1960), p. 574 Silverstone (1968), p. 55 Atkinson, Rick, An Army at Dawn (2002) Henry Holt and Company ISBN 0-8050-6288-2...
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    Salvage ship (2024) – 1 Totals Commissioned USS George Washington (CVN-73), a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Green Bay (LPD-20), a San Antonio-class amphibious...
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    U.S. Navy Admiral John Henry Towers was designated CINCPAC. At the time of appointment, he was serving as Admiral Nimitz's direct successor as CINCPAC/CINCPOA...
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  • Lucky Thompson (#4) - tenor saxophone Jack Nimitz - baritone sax Milt Jackson - vibes Hank Jones - piano Charles Mingus - bass Charlie Persip - drums Tracks...
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    Donovan. In May 1944 he was assigned to the staff of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet, in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. He was...
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