Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Dates
- Existence: 18850224 - 19660220
Found in 50 Collections and/or Records:
Commander So. Pacific/FAIR West Coast (Nimitz Letters), 1944 Sep 12-21
Commander So. Pacific/FAIR West Coast (Nimitz Letters), 1944 Oct 5-20
Commander So. Pacific/FAIR West Coast (Nimitz Letters), 1944 Nov 6-23
Commander So. Pacific/FAIR West Coast (Nimitz Letters), 1944 Dec 17-1945 Jan 29
Commander So. Pacific/FAIR West Coast (Nimitz Letters), 1945 Apr 14-Jun 7
Commander So. Pacific/FAIR West Coast (Nimitz Letters), 1945 Jul 4-Dec 18
Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, circa 1945
8x10 black and white photo of Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz.
Lay family collection on Chester W. Nimitz
Papers: Correspondence, Letters sent and received, 1933-1962; Letters to Caterine N. Lay and Chester Lay, 1999; Biography of ADM C.W. Nimitz; Photographs of ADM Nimitz with family, Naval Officers and political figures, Paper copies of Nimitz photographs, CD-Rom of Photographs, News Clippings, Miscellany, including pamphlet, ration card and invitations. Four CD's of Nimitz's letters to his parents and grandfather, 1901-1911.
Edwin T. Layton papers
Correspondence, letters received regarding Naval Institute oral history and Naval War College Chair of Intelligence, 1970–1975; Miscellany, including yearbook, Japanese texts, maps and charts, programs, certificates, USN commissions, and photographs, 1924–1984; Research source materials used in writing And I Was There, including published volumes of Japanese War Series, Senshi Sosho, 1967–1975,Pacific Mobile Radio Intelligence Unit Reports, 1942–1945; Books, Japanese monographs, military intelligence pamphlets, magazines, oral histories and maps; Unpublished materials, including various SRH histories, 1942–1947; SRNS, Japanese Naval Radio Intelligence Summaries, 1942–1945; SRN, Translations of Japanese Naval Messages, 1941–1942; SRNM, Japanese Naval Communications, 1942; CINCPAC messages, 1942; Tapes of interviews conducted by authors,1970–1983; Ships logs and action reports, 1941–1942; Translations of Japanese War History, 1942–1944; Notes and notebooks on WWII events and Japanese Intelligence; Photographs and personal letters; Promotion certificate to Rear Admiral; Drafts, Letters, memoranda and book reviews of And I Was There; Pacific Mobile Radio Intelligence Unit Reports, 1942–1945; Miscellaneous lists of diagrams, maps and biographies.
Nimitz, Chester: An Address to Naval War College, 1960 Oct 10
Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz speaks about the value of the training he recieved at the War College in preparation for WWII. He also addresses the importance of personnel planning, logisitics, and morale during wartime.
Nimitz speaks for about 20 minutes. He then fields questions and answers for approximately 40 minutes, which covers many topics including competitions between battelships, taking direction from Washington, and the usefulness of war gaming.
Some technical difficulties occur in the recording; they are momentary.