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

Description: 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

[Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz During Change of Command Ceremony]

Description: Photograph of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz standing at a wooden podium and microphone during change of command ceremony on board U.S.S. Menhaden, Pearl Harbor. Typewritten label: "133. Fleet Admiral C. W. Nimitz is relieved as Cincpac-Cincpoa by Adm. R. A. Spruance on board U.S.S. Menhaden (SS 377), Pearl Harbor, 24 Nov. 1945.". Flt. Adm. Nimitz is wearing a white Naval uniform with a high collar, epaulettes, ribbon bars pinned above his pocket, and a brimmed hat with the Navy's emblem. Five… more
Date: November 24, 1945
Creator: United States. Navy
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Inspects Tarawa, #1]

Description: Photograph of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz inspects Tarawa with a group of other men. Two men stand on the far left in light-colored uniforms with two pockets on the front, stars pinned to their collars, belts, trousers, thick soled shoes and brimmed hats with the Navy's emblem on the front. In the center stands another man with a cigar in his hands, and Chester W. Nimitz. They wear the same light-colored uniforms but with side caps on instead. Another man stands in front of Chester W. Nimitz poin… more
Date: November 1, 1943
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Inspects Tarawa, #2]

Description: Photograph of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz as he inspects Tarawa with a large group of men in uniform. Chester W. Nimitz stands in the center, walking down a small slope trailed by the majority of his group with only three men ahead of him. They are surrounded by cut down trees, sticks, remnants of tents and sandbags.
Date: November 1, 1943
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Nimitz Family Scrapbook: Page 14 Side 2]

Description: Page from scrapbook kept by the Nimitz family that includes two photographs. The photograph on the left shows Clarence "Heine" Hinkamp reading a book in the Freeman house in Wollaston, Massachusetts. He is reclining against the armrest of a wooden chair and wearing a suit and tie. The photograph on the right shows Elizabeth Freeman and Chester W. Nimitz playing cribbage while seated at a table in the Freeman house. Chester is wearing a suit and tie and Elizabeth is wearing a white dress. The ph… more
Date: November 30, 1911
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Admiral Raymond A. Spruance and Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz at Command Change Ceremony]

Description: Photograph of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance standing at a wooden podium with two microphones in front of him during the Change of Command ceremony on board the U.S.S. Menhaden at the Submarine Base in Pearl Harbor. Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz is standing behind him with his arms down by his side. There are four men lined up on the right side of the photo identified as Vice Admiral J. H. Newton, U.S.N., Rear Admiral Dewitt C. Ramsey U.S.N., Cdr. James Loo, U.S.N. and Lieut. Sam L. Bernard. The… more
Date: November 24, 1945
Creator: United States. Navy
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[HQ VBC]

Description: Photograph of the Headquarters at VBC in New Guinea. Several structures and huts can be seen in between the trees at the bottom of the hill.
Date: November 4, 1943
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Full Body Portrait of Deyo McCullough]

Description: An official photo of Deyo McCullough in Niigata, Japan. He stands profile, body turned to the left and is wearing a dark full uniform with two pockets on the front and patches on the sleeve, lace-up boots and a side cap.
Date: November 9, 1945
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Hangar Deck Toss]

Description: Photograph of sailors playing basketball inside of the USS Saratoga. Three of the sailors are attempting to put the basketball through the net. The other players are standing back and looking towards the basketball goal. Most of the sailors are wearing shorts with no shirt.
Date: November 16, 1944
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Inhabitants of Contractors' Hotel]

Description: Photograph a group of seven inhabitants of the Contractors' Hotel, Honolulu, HI, including two carpenters, a mechanic, and a sheet metal worker. There are four men standing in the back row, all in wrinkled collared shirts, trousers and hats except for the man center right who is shirtless and without a hat. Three men sit on the ground with their lower bodies out of view, they all wear hats and overalls and the two men on the ends wear collared shirts underneath theirs. Above each man is a numbe… more
Date: November 15, 1942
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Marines at Apamama]

Description: Photograph of marines at Apamama Atoll in the Gilbert Islands moving supplies. The marines are working around several trucks filled with supplies. Military ships are sat in the water in the background of the photo.
Date: 1943-11~
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Graduating Exercises]

Description: Photograph of a U.S. Naval Air Station graduating exercises from Wing to PB in Corpus Christi, Texas on November 1, 1941.
Date: November 1, 1941
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Wading River]

Description: Photograph of Colonel H. A. Smith, Commander of the Division, and some of his men wading through a river, somewhere in New Guinea. The group are position in the middle of the river with the water coming up to their waist. Several men are holding their guns or shoes in their hands, above the water. Thick bushes cover both sides of the river.
Date: November 15, 1942
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Zenji Abe Aboard the IJN Akagi, 1941]

Description: Photograph of Zenji Abe aboard the IJN Akagi en route to Pearl Harbor. He is wearing A pilot jumpsuit, belt, cap and goggles, and boots. Abe is holding onto his belt and leaning against the nose of a plane with its propeller behind him. There is a fabric cover over the plane's nose. Further behind him is the tail of another plane with the characters "AH01" and a large metal wall that is part of the ship. On the back of the photo there is Japanese text.
Date: 1941-11~/1941-12~
Location: 21.351196 -157.980152
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Officer with Eagle on Machine Gun]

Description: Photograph of a U. S. Marine Officer holding up a gloved hand to an Eagle perched on top of a large caliber machine gun.
Date: November 8, 1944
Creator: United States. Marine Corps.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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