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A LEADER EMERGES. At the height of the Pacific War, Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz commanded more than two million men and women, 5,000 ships and 20,000 planes, but one would not have predicted that distinguished future judging by Nimitz’s first command. In 1906, Ensign Nimitz commanded the USS Decatur, an old destroyer which he ran aground.
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December 15, 1945–December 15, 1947. After brilliantly leading American forces to victory in World War II, Fleet Admiral Nimitz, the Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean...
Chester William Nimitz was born on 24 February 1885, near a quaint hotel in Fredericksburg, Texas built by his grandfather, Charles Nimitz, a retired sea captain. Young Chester, however, had his sights set on an Army career and while a student at Tivy High School, Kerrville, Texas, he tried for an appointment to West Point. When none was available, he took a competitive examination for ...
Feb 24, 2024 · February 24, 2024. Margaret Dudley. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz began life in the small German town of Fredericksburg, Texas. Few could have guessed that the young boy would grow up to be Commander-in-Chief of the US Pacific Fleet and one of the great American heroes of World War Two.
Born in Fredericksburg, Texas, Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Sr., U.S. Navy (1885 – 1966) graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1905. His almost two decades in submarines, punctuated by instruction in diesel engines, study at the Naval War College, and tours as executive officer of an oiler and a battleship, made him a leading authority ...
Aug 31, 2017 · Chester W. Nimitz's naval career included a few bobbles on the way to becoming a fleet admiral and war hero. First, he was denied entry to West Point. Shaking off the rejection, the young...
Oct 21, 2019 · Fleet Admiral Nimitz, born in Fredericksburg, Texas, February 24, 1885, attended Tivy High School, Kerrville, Texas, before his appointment to the US Naval Academy from the Twelfth District of his native state in 1901. He graduated with distinction, seventh in a class of 114, in January 1905. After graduation he joined USS Ohio in San Francisco ...
