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[Christening of the U.S.S. Buck]

Photograph of Archbishop Mitty, Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, and Mary Nimitz at the christening of the U.S.S. Buck in San Francisco, California. On the left stands Archbishop Mitty in a long black cloak, a white clerical collar, wire framed glasses and black hat grasped in his hand. In the center Chester W. Nimitz wears a dark Naval uniform with six buttons on the front, ribbon bars above his pocket, a dark tie and a Navy hat. To his right stands Mary Nimitz in dark blazer and pillbox hat w… more

Date: March 11, 1945

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and Mary Nimitz at Christening of U.S.S. Buck]

Photograph of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and Mary Nimitz at christening of the U.S.S. Buck in San Francisco, California. On the left is Chester W. Nimitz with his hands behind his back and wearing a dark Naval uniform with six buttons on the front, ribbon bars above his pocket, a dark tie and a brimmed hat with the Navy's emblem on the front. To his right stands Mary Nimitz in dark blazer and pillbox hat with a light-colored undershirt and a long-checkered skirt. Mary holds in her hands a … more

Date: March 11, 1945

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Catherine Nimitz, and Mary Nimitz]

Photograph of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Catherine Nimitz, and Mary Nimitz at Naval Air Station, Alameda, California. Chester Nimitz stands on the left holding a black coat in his hands. He is wearing a dark Naval uniform with three small stripes and one large on with a single star on his sleeves, dress shoes and black and white brimmed hat with the Navy's emblem on the front. Mrs. Nimitz stands in the center in a dark coat and skirt with a black hat and fascinator and a white lei around … more

Date: December 9, 1942

Creator: United States. Navy

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Salutes on Board HMS Duke of York]

Photograph of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz saluting on board the HMS Duke of York. He is wearing an all-white Navy uniform with a dark sash and a brimmed hat with the Navy's emblem on it.

Date: September 1945

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Chester W. Nimitz Signs the Japanese Instrument of Surrender]

Photograph of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz signing the Japanese instrument of surrender. Admiral Nimitz sits at a long dark table with the large document in front of him, only his side profile can be seen. He is wearing a light-colored, uniform and hat with the Navy's emblem on it. Three men stand behind Admiral Nimitz watching as he signs the surrender document. There are also twenty men watching on from the background. Photograph is autographed by Nimitz: "C. W. Nimitz U.S. Representative… more

Date: September 2, 1945

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and Captain P. V. Mercer in an Office]

Photograph of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz in his office, with his dog, Makalapa, laying under his desk during a press conference. Captain P. V. Mercer, Admiral Nimitz's Aide and Assistant Chief of Staff is on right. Admiral Nimitz is wearing a light-colored shirt with a dark tie and is holding a lit cigarette between his fingers. Captain Mercer wears the same light-colored uniform and dark tie.

Date: November 22, 1943

Creator: United States. Navy

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Wearing Hawaiian Lei]

Photograph of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz in his white Naval Uniform and a Hawaiian lei. The photo is taken from the waist up.

Date: 1945

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Chester W. Nimitz, Forrest P. Sherman, and Charles H. Mcmorris Stand Near Binoculars]

Photograph of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Forrest P. Sherman, and Charles H. McMorris stand behind binoculars mounted on a tripod. The three men are wearing light-colored uniforms with two pockets on the front of the shirts, a belt, and dark dress shoes. Nimitz and the man beside him stand on the right in shorts while the man on the left wear's full-length trousers. Behind the men are some trees and a building can be seen in the distance to the right.

Date: 1945

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Chester W. Nimitz and Sergio Osmena]

Photograph of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz with President of the Philippines Sergio Osmena, in Guam. Admiral Nimitz stands on the left with his hands clasped in front of him and wearing a light-colored uniform with two pockets on the front, stars pinned to each side of his collar, a simple belt and a brimmed hat with the Navy's emblem on the front. President Osmena stands on the right with his body turned to the left and wearing a very similar uniform to Admiral Nimitz but with long sleeves and mi… more

Date: 1945

Creator: United States. Navy

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Stands at Podium]

Photograph of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz stands at a wooden podium with a standing microphone in front of it. Admiral Chester is wearing a dark double-breasted blazer with four visible buttons, four stripes on his sleeve and his Naval ribbon bars displayed above his right pocket. Two men can be seen on the left side of the photo in the wings of the stage and another man is seen sitting in a metal folding chair peeking around the curtain.

Date: 1945?

Creator: United States. Navy

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Waves from Horse Drawn Carriage]

Photograph of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz waving from a carriage drawn by two horses as he makes his way into Kerrville, Texas for a victory celebration. Admiral Nimitz is wearing is formal Navy uniform with six gold buttons, striped sleeves, a dark tie, his Navy ribbon bars above his pocket and hat with the Navy emblem on it. Texas Governor Coke Stevenson guides the carriage wearing a light-colored brimmed hat and a suit with a tie. Catherine Nimitz sits behind Chester in a dark colored lo… more

Date: October 13, 1945

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Lieutenant Commander Murphy in Uniform]

Photograph of Lieutenant Commander Murphy standing on a stretch of road with his arms by his side. He is in his dark Naval Uniform with six buttons on the front, three stripes on each sleeve, a dark tie, and hat with the Navy's emblem on the front.

Date: 1940~

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[U.S.S. Brant in Panama Canal]

Photograph of U.S.S. Brant in Panama Canal. The number '24' can be seen on the ships bow. The shoreline on the right is rugged and covered in plant life.

Date: 1946?

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Unidentified U.S. Naval Officers Lined Up on Unknown Ship]

Photograph of U.S. Naval officers standing in full white uniforms in two lines on the deck of an unknown ship. To the right stands a whole group of servicemen in uniform looking at the lines of Naval officers with the ocean behind them.

Date: [1941..1945]

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Stands at Microphone, #2]

Photograph of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz standing at a microphone. The photo is taken from the waist up and from the side, Admiral Nimitz arms are out of views behind his back. Admiral Nimitz is wearing a long sleeved, light-colored uniform with two pockets on the front, stars pinned to his collar and a brimmed hat with Navy's emblem on the front. Directly in front of Admiral Nimitz is a silver and black standing microphone.

Date: 1945

Creator: United States. Navy

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Portrait of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, #1]

Portrait of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz from the chest up in front of a map. He is wearing a light-colored uniform and a dark tie featuring a five-star tie clasps matching the five stars pinned to either die of his collar. Handwritten on front: "21 January 1945 Dear Elizabeth - Happy Birthday ad a Happy 1945. Affectionately, C.W. Nimitz - Fleet Admiral USN"

Date: January 21, 1945

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Stands at Microphone, #1]

Photograph of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz standing at a microphone. The photo is taken from the waist up and from the side, Admiral Nimitz arms are out of views behind his back. Admiral Nimitz is wearing a long sleeved, light-colored uniform with two pockets on the front, stars pinned to his collar and a brimmed hat with Navy's emblem on the front. Directly in front of Admiral Nimitz is a silver and black standing microphone.

Date: 1945

Creator: United States. Navy

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Portrait of Helen Bauer Kilgore in Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service Uniform]

Photograph of Helen Bauer seated in her Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service uniform, she is smiling with her hands clasped one over the other in her lap.

Date: 1945/1946~

Creator: United States. Navy

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Nurses and Wounded Soldiers Trim a Christmas Tree]

Photograph of wounded soldiers and Red Cross nurses decorate and trim a small Christmas tree at Fleet Hospital in New Caledonia. Two soldiers sit on each bed with the small Christmas Tree propped up between them with a nurse on either side.

Date: December 23, 1944

Creator: United States. Navy

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Group Photo of American Red Cross Staff]

Photograph of seven female American Red Cross workers posing for a group photograph in front of some foliage. The woman second from the right is obscuring another woman from view.

Date: 1945~

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Wounded Soldiers in Beds at Fleet Hospital]

Photograph of five soldiers lying in sick beds at Fleet Hospital 107, Ward 3, in Noumea, New Caledonia. Pictured on the left at the end the row of beds stands a man and women in service uniforms.

Date: [1944..1945]

Creator: United States. Navy

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Red Cross Staff Sit in Front of Fleet Hospital]

Photograph of women on the Red Cross Staff in front of the Fleet Hospital 107 in Noumea, New Caledonia. Seated on the wooden steps from left to right: Jane Mayhew, Secretary; Carolyn Perabe, Recreation; Carol Weaverling, AFD; Rebecca Van Meter, Recreation. A sign with the symbol and words "American Red Cross" is in front a building behind them.

Date: October 4, 1944

Creator: United States. Navy

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Wounded Soldiers at Purple Heart Presentation]

Photograph of wounded servicemen at a presentation of Purple Hearts in Noumea, New Caledonia in August of 1944 in the middle of a large dirt area. On the right stands two rows of injured servicemen at attention, and on the right more servicemen standing at attention with a row sitting in the center on folding chairs due to leg injuries. The dirt area has been carved out of rolling hills that appear in the background of the photo. A portion of the camp can also be seen in the background.

Date: August 1944

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Officer Speaking at Purple Heart Presentation]

Photograph taken at a Presentation of Purple Hearts in Noumea, New Caledonia in August of 1944. On the right stands an officer speaking into a microphone and behind him to the right stands service women and men at attention.

Date: August 1944

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

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