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On January 2, 2002, Chester Nimitz Jr. committed voluntary suicide with his wife Joan by ingesting a quantity of sleeping pills in their home at a retirement residence in Needham, Massachusetts. He left a note stating: [18]
Chester William Nimitz (/ ˈ n ɪ m ɪ t s /; February 24, 1885 – February 20, 1966) was a fleet admiral in the United States Navy.He played a major role in the naval history of World War II as Commander in Chief, US Pacific Fleet, and Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas, commanding Allied air, land, and sea forces during World War II.
Feb 24, 2024 · After the war, Nimitz continued to display the qualities and characteristics which made his a charismatic and effective leader. He settled in California, but continued to support the country he had fought so hard to protect until his death in 1966.
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death January 2, 2002, of Honorary Trustee and Honorary Member of the Corporation Rear Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Jr., USN (Ret.) at his home in Needham, MA. He was 86. In failing health, he and his wife of 63 years,…
Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz barely escaped death today when his plane crashed into the Alameda Estuary near the San Francisco County line. [Actually, Nimitz was not yet a fleet admiral; that didn't occur until 19 December 1944.]
Jul 3, 2019 · Died: February 20, 1966 in Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco, California. Education: U.S. Naval Academy. Published Works: Sea Power, a Naval History (co-editor with E.B. Potter)
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Jan 1, 2022 · How does one maintain one’s steady resolve while overseeing the largest naval conflict ever fought? For Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, the answer was friends and family.
