Chester William Nimitz (/ˈnɪmɪts/; February 24, 1885 – February 20, 1966) was a fleet admiral in the United States Navy. He played a major role in the...
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S. Navy Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. Nimitz was born to Chester William Nimitz Sr. and Catherine Vance (née Freeman) Nimitz at the Brooklyn Navy Yard...
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National Museum of the Pacific War (redirect from Admiral Nimitz State Historic Site)
located in Fredericksburg, Texas, the boyhood home of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. Nimitz served as commander in chief, United States Pacific Fleet (CinCPAC)...
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World War II Pacific fleet commander Chester W. Nimitz, USN, (1885–1966), who was the Navy's third fleet admiral. Nimitz had her homeport at Naval Station...
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World War II United States Pacific Fleet commander Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, who was the last living U.S. Navy officer to hold the rank. With...
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the rank: William D. Leahy, Ernest J. King, Chester W. Nimitz, and William Halsey Jr. Leahy, King, and Nimitz were promoted to the rank in December 1944...
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Chester W. Nimitz Senior High School is a public secondary school made up of two campuses located in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States...
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Nimitz may refer to: Chester W. Nimitz (1885–1966), fleet admiral of the United States Navy Chester Nimitz Jr. (1915–2002), an American officer and submarine...
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Nimitz High School can refer to: Nimitz High School (Harris County, Texas) Nimitz High School (Irving, Texas) This disambiguation page lists articles...
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Atlantic Fleet, Lieutenant (and future Fleet Admiral) Chester W. Nimitz. Throughout his career, Nimitz played a progressive and leading role in the incorporation...
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Interstate 880 (California) (redirect from Nimitz Freeway)
its route, I-880 is officially known as the Nimitz Freeway, after World War II fleet admiral Chester W. Nimitz, who retired to the Bay Area. The northernmost...
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rendered the aircraft unflyable. He was awarded the Air Medal by Chester W. Nimitz. After the rescue, the plane was sunk by U.S. forces as it was not...
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philanthropist Chester Morris (1901–1970), American actor, who starred in the Boston Blackie detective series of the 1940s Chester W. Nimitz (1885–1966)...
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Chester W. Nimitz High School is a public high school in the Irving Independent School District, Irving, Texas. It was named for U.S. Navy Admiral Chester...
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near the crest of the hill. The hill is named after American admiral Chester W. Nimitz who was Commander in Chief of the Pacific Ocean Areas during World...
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Area and the South Pacific Area, were commanded by Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander-in-Chief Pacific Ocean Areas. The South West Pacific Area...
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length of the campaign under stressful conditions forced Admiral Chester W. Nimitz to take the unprecedented step of relieving the principal naval commanders...
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commanders for Operation Forager United States Pacific Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz HQ at Pearl Harbor United States Fifth Fleet Admiral Raymond A. Spruance...
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Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet (CINCPAC), were both exercised by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz from his headquarters at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Since the Solomons...
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rejected and the anti-aircraft mission adopted. Skippered by Cmdr. Chester W. Nimitz, Jr. Morison 1953, pp. 277-278 Morison 1953, pp. 416-417 Morison 1953...
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299–301 Hone, Trent (2022). Mastering the Art of Command: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and Victory in the Pacific. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1682475959...
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Area and the South Pacific Area,: 652–653 were commanded by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander-in-Chief Pacific Ocean Areas. Although not bearing any...
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planned but not executed. The offensive, under the overall command of Chester W. Nimitz, followed the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign and was intended...
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Bureau of Navigation, Rear Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, and offered King the command of the Atlantic Squadron. Nimitz explained that while King had been...
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three United States commands in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz of the U.S. Navy, Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, headed the...
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unable to retire from active duty. The last living fleet admiral, Chester W. Nimitz, died in 1966. If an officer demonstrates superior performance and...
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§ 2511). In June 1946, the Chief of Naval Operations, Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz decided to send five officers (including then Captain Hyman Rickover)...
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towards the Philippines via New Guinea, United States Navy Admiral Chester W. Nimitz favored a drive across the Central Pacific, leapfrogging through the...
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programmed by NWS Tiyan, is located here. Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet Chester W. Nimitz briefly made his headquarters at the Japanese naval communications...
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July 1908 while under the command of Ensign Chester W. Nimitz. The ship was pulled free the next day, and Nimitz was court-martialed, found guilty of neglect...
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