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80-G-701553 Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, USN, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN

Photo #: 80-G-701553 Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, USN, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN
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Title: Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, USN, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN
Description: Photo #: 80-G-701553 Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, USN, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, and (left to right) Pose together at the Navy Department, Washington, D.C., on 21 November 1945, as it was announced that FAdm. Nimitz would succeed FAdm. King as Chief of Naval Operations. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-701553
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