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80-G-312025 Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

Photo #: 80-G-312025 Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
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Description: (2nd from left) on the dock at Pearl harbor, 8 June 1942, watching USS Fulton (AS-11) arrive. She was carrying survivors of USS Yorktown (CV-5), sunk in the Battle of Midway. Rear Admiral William L. Calhoun is in the right center, wearing sunglasses. Rear Admiral Lloyd J. Wiltse, of Nimitz' staff, is in the center background. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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