Chester Nimitz

Retribution has memorable portraits of military leaders such as Chester Nimitz, Curtis LeMay and Douglas MacArthur who objected when the Office of War Information wanted to change for public consumption his famous “I shall return” to “We shall return”.

Max Hastings Reconsiders the Endgame of the War in the Pacific in ‘Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45′ « One-Minute Book Reviews 2008

Retribution has memorable portraits of military leaders such as Chester Nimitz, Curtis LeMay and Douglas MacArthur who objected when the Office of War Information wanted to change for public consumption his famous “I shall return” to “We shall return”.

2008 May 19 « One-Minute Book Reviews 2008

Douglas MacArthur, who commanded the Southwest Pacific forces, and Admiral Chester Nimitz, in charge of the Pacific Ocean Areas to the north, were waging their wars with the brute force of naval ships, airpower, and troops storming tropical beaches.

Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

Douglas MacArthur, who commanded the Southwest Pacific forces, and Admiral Chester Nimitz, in charge of the Pacific Ocean Areas to the north, were waging their wars with the brute force of naval ships, airpower, and troops storming tropical beaches.

Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

Thanks to the success of his perspicacious codebreakers, Chester Nimitz, the Pacific Fleet commander in chief, knew the Japanese were coming and hurried his three carriers to sea to set an ambush for Chuichi Nagumo's four carriers.

The Beginning of the End James D. Hornfischer 2011

Nearly every bomb, bullet, and gallon of gasoline loaded into B-29s came by sea, but Chester Nimitz also oversaw other huge undertakings.

Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010

In some places the attacker-to-defender ratio would have approached one to one, a chilling prospect that Admiral Chester Nimitz opposed because of unavoidably heavy U.S. casualties.

Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010

Nearly every bomb, bullet, and gallon of gasoline loaded into B-29s came by sea, but Chester Nimitz also oversaw other huge undertakings.

Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010

But he had been recommended by Vice Adm. William "Bull" Halsey, and Adm. Chester Nimitz, in command of the Pacific fleet, had agreed.

Lead Like Spruance In The Battle Of Midway 2010

In some places the attacker-to-defender ratio would have approached one to one, a chilling prospect that Admiral Chester Nimitz opposed because of unavoidably heavy U.S. casualties.

Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010