Chester W. Nimitz
Search results
3 days ago · Under the overall command of Nimitz, with Admiral Raymond Spruance in charge of the actual landings and with Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., commanding the ground forces, the operation began with the occupation of the Kerama Islets, 15 miles west of Okinawa, on March 26, 1945. Five days later a landing was made on Keise-Jima ...
4 days ago · Raymond A. Spruance flew to New Zealand to meet with Gen. Julian C. Smith, the new commander of the division, to begin planning the invasion. ...
3 days ago · Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, the commander of the Fifth Fleet, surprised King with a paper from the commander of the V Amphibious Corps, Major General Holland M. Smith, which argued that Nauru was too well-defended.
3 days ago · From 26 May to 21 June, McCain was on board the cruiser USS Indianapolis, the flagship of the fleet commander, Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, from whence he was able to observe the invasion of Saipan and the Battle of the Philippine Sea.
6 days ago · The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 left the U.S. Navy stunned. With American ships still smoldering in the water, Navy Secretary Frank Knox turned to a Texan, Chester Nimitz, to restore confidence in the Pacific Fleet. Nimitz was born in Fredericksburg in 1885.
2 days ago · David Halloway, Raymond A. Spruance Professor of International History, Stanford University; author of Stalin and the Bomb : "Stephen Kotkin's first volume on Stalin is ambitious in conception and masterly in execution.
4 days ago · MILWAUKEE — A man armed with knives was fatally shot Tuesday by Columbus, Ohio, police assigned to help with security at the Republican National Convention, officials said. The afternoon shooting...
