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Nimitz Views Pearl Harbor As Turning Point In War
In late interviews published posthumously, Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nim itz argues Pearl Harbor awakened the American will and could have been worse if Nagumo had attacked again. He recalls Midway as decisive and reflects on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Halsey, Spruance, and the loss of the Indianapolis.
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