Title: Admiral Chester William Nimitz Description: U.S. Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz (Chester William Nimitz; 1885-1966), shown in 1944; he was Command in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet (CinCPac) and Commander in Chief of Pacific Ocean Areas (CinCPOA) whose island-hopping strategy, adopted from that of General Douglas MacArthur, brought about one Allied victory after another during World War II Category: Military Topic: Leaders Keywords: American admirals, island-hopping strategy, military leaders, Second World War, U.S. admirals, U.S. Navy, World War II, WWII Orientation: Portrait Dimensions: 900 x 1243 (1.12 MPixels) (1.38) Print Size: 7.6 x 10.5 cm; 3.0 x 4.1 inches File Size: 3.20 MB (3,359,646 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000047029 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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