Chester W. Nimitz - Fleet Admiral of the US Navy | Biography Documentary

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It is the life story of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. Raised on the plains of Texas, Nimitz had never seen an ocean when he entered the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland at the beginning of the century. Yet, forty years later he rescued the world's largest body of water from the tyranny of one of the mightiest fleets ever assembled. His incredible and brilliant victories at Midway and the Coral Sea, at Okinawa and the Philippines during the Pacific Campaigns (1941-1945), will remain forever as an example of the United States Navy's proudest heritage.
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About the fleet admiral rank:
Fleet admiral (FADM) was a five-star flag officer rank in the United States Navy and was, in its time, the highest rank attainable in the service. Fleet admiral ranked immediately above admiral and was equivalent to General of the Army and General of the Air Force.
The United States rank of fleet admiral was created by an Act of Congress for four officers to hold on a temporary basis on December 14, 1944. There has been no authorization to use the rank since. No legal provisions ever existed for its use other than for the four officers appointed to it.
The rank was held by the following officers:
William D. Leahy - December 15, 1944
Ernest J. King - December 17, 1944
Chester W. Nimitz - December 19, 1944
William F. Halsey, Jr. - December 11, 1945
The timing of the first three fleet admiral appointments was carefully planned, such that a clear order of seniority and a near-equivalence between the services was established for the generals of the Army promoted at the same time. General Marshall was promoted to general of the Army on December 16, 1944; General MacArthur was promoted on December 18, 1944; General Eisenhower was promoted on December 20, 1944, and General Arnold was promoted on December 21, 1944.
Chester W. Nimitz - Fleet Admiral of the US Navy | Biography Documentary

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@TheBestFilmArchives 6 лет назад

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@TOBYH 8 лет назад

Admiral Nimitz lived on yerba buena island in an admiral qtrs in the middle of san francisco bay, next to treasure island naval base. My father who served 25 yrs in the navy and 25 yrs civil service as the head electrician on treasure island knew admiral nimitz. he did alot of electrical work on the mansion, he has a signed photo of him signing the end of the war treaty on the battleship. It is a great keepsake! From a great leader .

@johnburke9641 9 лет назад

He was a great Admiral and served his country well.

@Ralphie_Boy Год назад

What would our past Navel and Army admirals and generals think of our now 2023 politically correct armed forces, they've been probably saddened as hell!

@SuperGereng 8 лет назад

If you look up their ethnicity, many of our ranking military leaders were of German descent. Eisenhower and Nimitz to name but two.

@Dra741

Thank God the Japanese didn't hit the fuel facilities, that would have set us back, for some reason I buy the gift of God they did not hit the fuel

@CrogerTill 9 лет назад

As a former naval officer I've always been a fan of FADM C. W. Nimitz. I have read many books on the various battles in the Pacific and biographies of the various naval officers involved. This is the first documentary in which there were two clips of Fleet Admiral Nimitz speaking, so it was the first time I actually heard his voice. As we say in the Navy, Well Done, and thank you!

@normansilver905 3 года назад

Birth place: Fredricksburg, TX. There is a Nimitz Museum there too. Great stop for a visit commemorating a great American Hero.

@katiemarie3936 7 лет назад

One of my ancestors... proud to be apart of his family. very smart and dedicated man.

@jimdailey1018 7 лет назад

a great humble man. the opposite of mac arthur.

@darthstanley166 5 лет назад

One of the greatest of the greatest generation!🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦🦅😑

@zeemanzeeman5577 Год назад

The greatest admiral and down to earth person. He was offered $120,000 salary in private sector but he turned it down. His pay at the time as admiral was $30,000.

@johnkim1296 3 года назад

Whenever I think about the Pacific theater of WW II, it was always General MacArthur who comes to mind, due to the history lessons I was taught in public school and all the movies and tv shows about his larger than life presence.

@bobbyknight8091 3 года назад

What an amazing person Admiral C.W Nimitz is .It is such an honour to name an Aircraft carrier after such a fine Naval Admiral .I am sure all the naval personal on the USS NIMITZ CVN 68 are all very proud to be on such a mighty war ship .

@howellwong11 Год назад

I saw him once, riding in his command car up Dillingham Blvd and pass the Oahu Prison. I was just a kid in WWII. Now, I live just 70 miles from Fredericksburg, TX, his hometown. There is a Pacific War Museum there.

@charleslloyd4253 Год назад

It was a very proud day for me. When as a child I got to meet Admiral Nimitz in the early sixties. At a WW2 reunion of COMPACFLT personnel at a park NW of Pearl. My dad was a observer for William Halsey during the war and attended many meeting Of Halsey and Nimitz to discus problems in the fleet. I was base paper boy at Pearl while dad was stationed on the Hill. At 12 years Nimitz called me Mr. Lloyd, That was the respect that he had for others.