Chester W. Nimitz
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Chester W. Nimitz | |
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![]() Portrait of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz | |
උපත | පෙබරවාරි 24, 1885 Fredericksburg, Texas, U.S. |
මරනය | February 20, 1966 San Francisco, California, U.S. | (වයස 80)
Buried at | Golden Gate National Cemetery San Bruno, California, U.S. |
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Years of service | 1905–1966[1] |
Rank | ![]() |
Service number | 5572 |
Commands held | Chief of Naval Operations Pacific Ocean Areas United States Pacific Fleet Bureau of Navigation USS Augusta (CA-31) USS Rigel (AR-11) USS Chicago (CA-14) Atlantic Submarine Flotilla USS Skipjack (SS-24) 3rd Submarine Division Atlantic Torpedo Fleet USS Narwhal (SS-17) USS Snapper (SS-16) USS Plunger (SS-2) First Submarine Flotilla USS Decatur (DD-5) |
Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
සම්මාන | Navy Distinguished Service Medal (4) Army Distinguished Service Medal Silver Lifesaving Medal Full list |
Relations | Charles Henry Nimitz (grandfather) Chester Nimitz Jr. (son) |
Other work | Regent of the University of California |
අත්තන | ![]() |
Chester William Nimitz, Sr. (/ˈnɪmɪts/; 1885 පෙබරවාරි 24 – 1966 පෙබරවාරි 20) United States Navy හි හිටපු fleet admiral තනතුර දැරුවෙකි.
ආශ්රිත[සංස්කරණය]
සටහන්[සංස්කරණය]
මූලාශ්ර[සංස්කරණය]
- ↑ U.S. officers holding five-star rank never retire; they draw full active duty pay for life.Spencer C. Tucker (2011). The Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: A Political, Social, and Military History. ABC-CLIO. පිටු 1685. ISBN 978-1-85109-961-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=qh5lffww-KsC.
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
වැඩිදුර කියවීම සඳහා[සංස්කරණය]
- Harris, Brayton (2012). Admiral Nimitz: The Commander of the Pacific Ocean Theater. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0230107656. https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780230107656.
- Hoyt, Edwin Palmer (1970). How They Won the War in the Pacific: Nimitz and His Admirals. Weybright and Talley. https://www.amazon.com/How-They-Won-War-Pacific/dp/B0006C5D54/.
- Knortz, James A. "The Strategic Leadership of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz." (Army war College Carlisle Barracks, 2012). Online
- Moore, Jeffrey M. (2004). Spies for Nimitz: Joint Military Intelligence in the Pacific War. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1591144884.
- Stone, Christopher B. "Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz: Leadership Forged Through Adversity" (PhD dissertation, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2018) Excerpt.
- Wildenberg, Thomas. "Chester Nimitz and the development of fueling at sea." Naval War College Review 46.4 (1993): 52-62. Online
භාහිර සබැඳි[සංස්කරණය]
විකිඋද්ධෘත සතුව පහත තේමාව සම්බන්ධයෙන් උද්ධෘත එකතුවක් ඇත:
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Chester W. Nimitz හා සබැඳි මාධ්ය විකිමාධ්ය කොමන්ස් හි ඇත. |
- Mark J. Denger. "Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, A Five Star Submariner". Californians and the Military. California State Military Museum. Archived from the original on October 13, 2003. Retrieved December 3, 2003.
- "Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz". Frequently Asked Questions. Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy. Archived from the original on June 4, 2009. Retrieved May 10, 2007.
- National Museum of the Pacific War
- Nimitz State Historic Site in Fredericksburg, Texas
- "The Navy's Part in the World War," (26 Nov 1945). A speech by Nimitz from the Commonwealth Club of California Records at the Hoover Institution Archives.
- The short film Big Picture: The Admiral Chester Nimitz Story is available for free download at the Internet Archive
- Guide to the Chester W. Nimitz Papers, 1941–1966 MS 236 held by Special Collections & Archives, Nimitz Library at the United States Naval Academy
Military offices | ||
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පූර්වප්රාප්තිකයා William S. Pye |
Commander in Chief United States Pacific Fleet 1941–1945 |
අනුප්රාප්තික වූයේ Raymond A. Spruance |
පූර්වප්රාප්තිකයා Ernest J. King |
Chief of Naval Operations 1945–1947 |
අනුප්රාප්තික වූයේ Louis E. Denfeld |
සම්මාන සහ ජයග්රහණ | ||
පූර්වප්රාප්තිකයා William Hood Simpson |
Cover of Time Magazine February 26, 1945 |
අනුප්රාප්තික වූයේ Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia |