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Nimitz of Kerrville Drew Oceanic Command
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz rose from hill country Texas roots to command the Pacific fleet. The profile traces his early life, naval education at Annapolis, wartime service, family ties in Kerrville Fredericksburg and Texas relatives, and his steady, strategic leadership shaping U S naval efforts in World War II.
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Texas
Uncle Sam
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Nimitz
Lord Nelson
Sir Francis Drake
Admiral Jellicoe
John Paul Jones
Admiral Nimitz
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Hawaii
Wake
Guam
Midway
Howland, Baker and
Marshall Islands
Japan
Wm. Nimitz
Kerrville
Chester
Willie
Otto Nimitz
Chester W. Nimitz, Jr
Fredericksburg
Robert E. Lee
Phil Sheridan
E. Kirby Smith
Rutherford B. Hayes
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Texas Rangers
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America
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Anna Henke
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William Nimitz
St. Charles
Navy
Annapolis
Dora
John Reagan
Tivy High School
Susan Moore
Moore
Chester Nimitz
United States Naval Academy
Congressman Slayden
Service School
Royal E. Ingersoll
Midshipmen
Orient
Academy
Wordsworth
Robert Robinson
Robinson
Otto
Naval Academy
South Carolina
Chicago
Germany
United States War College
University of California
Naval
Washington
Valentine
Valentine Boy
Catherine Freeman
Wollaston
Massachusetts
Catherine
Anna
Mary Mara
Den
Chester, Jr
Department of Music
D. C
George Washington University
Mary
Pacific Fleet