NIMITZ, CHESTER WILLIAM

nĭmˈĭts, 1885–1966, American admiral, b. Fredericksburg, Tex. A graduate of Annapolis, he was chief of staff to the commander of the submarine force of the Atlantic Fleet in World War I. In 1939, he was made chief of the Bureau of Navigation, and, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, he succeeded (1941) Husband E. Kimmel as commander of the Pacific Fleet. Admiral Nimitz headed the naval fighting forces in the Pacific throughout World War II. In Dec., 1944, he was made fleet admiral (five-star admiral) and a year later succeeded Ernest J. King as chief of naval operations. After he retired (Dec., 1947) from the navy, he headed (1949) the United Nations commission in the dispute over Kashmir.

See E. P. Hoyt, How They Won the War in the Pacific (1970).

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Carriers in Combat: The Air War at Sea
Book by Chester G. Hearn; Praeger Security International, 2005
Subjects: Aircraft Carriers, Naval Battles
...Ranger 39 Admiral Isoruko Yamamoto 45 Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo 46 Admiral Ernest J. King 58 Admiral Chester W. Nimitz 60 Admiral William F. Bull Halsey, Jr. 61 1 Lieutenant Edward H. Butch OHare 67 Vice Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher 74 Sinking...
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Sorties into Hell: The Hidden War on Chichi Jima
Book by Chester Hearn; Praeger, 2003
Subjects: Chichi Island (Japan)--History--20th Century, Prisoners Of War--Japan--History--20th Century, Prisoners Of War--United States--History--20th Century, World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Japan--Chichi Island, World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Chichi Island, World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners And Prisons, Japanese
...133-34 Moseley, unable to identify, 165 Moseley, William C, Jr., 165 Mount Asahi, xiv , 11 , 17 , 20 , 135...fortification of, 18-20 , 23 Newton, G.R., 189 Nimitz, Chester W., xiv , 6 , 13 , 24 Nishiyotsutsuji, Kimitomi...
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Donovan and the CIA: A History of the Establishment of the Central Intelligence Agency
Book by Thomas F. Troy; University Publications of America, 1996
Subjects: Donovan, William J--(William Joseph)--1883-1959, United States--Central Intelligence Agency--History
...Vandenbergs testimony, 381 New York University, 27 New York Worlds Fair, 109 Niagara University, 23 , 115 Nimitz, Adm. Chester W., 281-84 Nolan, Maj. Gen. Dennis E., 197 Norstad, Maj. Gen. Lauris, 373-74 , 389-90 North Africa...
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The Reader's Encyclopedia: An Encyclopedia of World Literature and the Arts
Book by William Rose Benét; Thomas Y. Crowell, 1948
Subjects: Art--Dictionaries, Literature--Dictionaries, Music--Dictionaries
...American novelist and travel writer. First married to William BEEBE, with whom she went on many expeditions. After...fail to take the right plie." See also PRUNES. Nimitz, Chester William 1885- . American admiral, commander in chief, U...
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Judgment on Nuremberg: American Attitudes toward the Major German War-Crime Trials
Book by William J. Bosch; University of North Carolina Press, 1970
Subjects: Nuremberg Trial Of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946
...Nazi admirals for blatant violations of the statutory law of submarine warfare mainly because American Admiral Chester William Nimitz had issued orders for United States submarines to sink enemy ships on sight without any respect for international...
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Zero-defect Leaders: No Second Chance?
Journal article by Claire E. Steele; Military Review, Vol. 84, 2004
Subjects: Army-US, Arnold, Henry Harley (Hap), Leadership, Lejeune, John A, Military history, Military officers, Nimitz, Chester W, Patton, George S (1885-1945), Performance evaluation, Professional development
...Major General William R. Smith, and...Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, U.S. Navy...Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Nimitz was the U.S...after the incident, Nimitz became Chief of...Major General William R. Smith, the...
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The "triangle of Death": Medical Sustainability in Expeditionary Sea-based Operations
Journal article by Arthur M. Smith; Naval War College Review, Vol. 61, 2008
Subjects: Armed forces, Casualties, Disaster relief, Evacuations & rescues, Information sharing, Logistics, Radio communications, Sensors, Ships, Technical support
...against enemy attack. Consequently, admirals William R Halsey and Chester Nimitz decided instead to use Geneva Convention-protected...draft (which bars them from littoral waters). Nimitz-class nuclear aircraft carriers not only must...
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Has the Red Cross-adorned Hospital Ship Become Obsolete?
Journal article by Arthur M. Smith; Naval War College Review, Vol. 58, 2005
Subjects: Casualties, Emergency services, Evacuations & rescues, Military engagements, Military strategy, Navy-US, Warships
...offshore, protected by a smoke screen. Responding to command requirements, as defined by Admirals William F. Halsey, Jr., and Chester Nimitz, yet another innovation, near the end of the war, was the development of twenty-plus protected...
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The Race for Wake Island
Journal article by M. R. Pierce; Military Review, Vol. 80, 2000
Subjects: Islands, Marine Corps-US, Military engagements, Wake Island, World War II
...was commanded by Admiral William Halsey Vice Admiral Wilson...ended differently. Admiral Chester A. Nimitz, highly respected throughout...replace Kimmel. Admiral William Pye was to be the temporary CINC until Nimitz arrived. Pye was in an...
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The Yamamoto Mission
Journal article by Daniel L. Haulman; Air Power History, Vol. 50, 2003
Subjects: Admirals, Air warfare--History, World War II, 1939-1945--History, Yamamoto, Isoroku
...there. (5) Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, commander in chief...debated whether or not Nimitz consulted his superiors...D. Roosevelt. (7) Nimitz could have made the decision...Nimitz authorized Adm. William F. Halsey, commander...
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A Sailor's Sailor: Fighting Admiral William F. "bull" Halsey
Magazine article by Mike Coppock; Sea Classics, Vol. 41, January 2008
...officers were at the time. Nimitz used drinks from the...27-year-old Lt. William Halsey III became missing...Patton. Still, when Nimitz relieved Kimmel he wanted...Battle of Bulls Run. Nimitz sent off a message to...message. "What right has Chester to send me a goddamn...
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Annapolis: Shrine of Naval History
Magazine article by Blaine Taylor; Sea Classics, Vol. 44, April 2011
...Perry, Matthew C. Perry, David G. Farragut, Chester W. Nimitz, and William F. Halsey, among others. A number of valuable...it in Tokyo Bay. The uniform of Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz and a pen used are also on display. Admission...
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Washington in Brief
Magazine article by John Elvin; Insight on the News, Vol. 17, April 16, 2001
Subjects: Chamber of Commerce of the United States--Achievements and awards, Daschle, Thomas A.--Achievements and awards, Kennedy, Max--Political activity, Shriver, Mark--Political activity, Spruance, Raymond--Achievements and awards, United States. Navy--Environmental policy, Washington--Environmental aspects
...slots for the five-star rank, held by Chester Nimitz, Ernest King, William Daniel Leahey and William "Bull" Halsey. Spruance was in contention...inaugural events. "Ask me." -- Columnist William Satire advocates a simple privacy policy...
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Clausewitz out, Computer In
Magazine article by Williamson Murray; The National Interest, Summer 1997
Subjects: Military education--United States, Military personnel--Education, Military policy--United States
...for the trials of war. Admiral Chester William Nimitz wrote: "I credit the Naval War...intellectual seriousness. General William Westmorelands memoirs reflect...1987). 2 E.B. Potter, Nimitz (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute...
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Ernest J. King: Wwii's Saltiest Sea Dog?
Magazine article by Mike Coppock; Sea Classics, Vol. 40, September 2007
...different backgrounds - Ernest King, William Halsey, Chester Nimitz - made sure the United States...proved to be prophetic. Like William F. "Bull" Halsey and Marc...of Aeronautics under R/Adm. William Moffett. A well-versed Naval...
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William E. Viverette, 87, Retired Navy Officer
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 20, 2004
William E. Viverette, 87, Retired...retired Navy Lt. Cmdr. William E. Viverette, who died...serving as an aide to Adm. Chester Nimitz in World War II and as acting...American Heart Association. William H. Burdick, 70, businessman...
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Tomorrow's Navy Leaders Honor Yesterday's Heroes: Reminders of Service to Country Fill Academy's Grounds
Newspaper article by Margaret Horton Edsall; The Washington Times, November 11, 1999
...Walk named for Cmdr. William L. Herndon, a naval...the uniform Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz wore during this signing...resting places of Cmdr. William Cushing, secretary of...William Leahy, Chester Nimitz and William "Bull...
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The U.S. Navy and Its Early Days
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 25, 2007
Subjects: United States. Navy
...During my long-ago boyhood in far-inland Texas, friends and I held such World War II Navy icons as William F. "Bull" Halsey and Chester Nimitz in the same esteem as current kids hold rock and sports stars; a Time magazine cover of "the Bull...
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WONDER WARLORDS; Battle over List of the World's 100 Top Generals
Newspaper article by Adrian Shaw; The Mirror (London, England), September 16, 1997
...British troops. Fellow Field Marshal William Slim, commander of the forgotten...South American liberator. 13 William the Conqueror, 1027-1087. 14...Civil War Confederate general. 61 Chester Nimitz, 1885-1966. American admiral...
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1940-1949
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 28, 1999
...FULBRIGHT SCHOLARS Sen. J. William Fulbright, Arkansas...Abraham Levitt and sons William and Alfred convert a...bomb. PRIZE WINNERS William Faulkner wins the Nobel...common virtue. - Adm. Chester Nimitz, speaking about the...
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encyclopedia articles on: Nimitz Chester William  - 1 result

 
 
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Nimitz, Chester William
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
NIMITZ, CHESTER WILLIAM nim its, 1885 1966, American admiral, b. Fredericksburg, Tex...1941) Husband E. Kimmel as commander of the Pacific Fleet. Admiral Nimitz headed the naval fighting forces in the Pacific throughout World War...


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