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On December 25, 1941, US Navy Admiral, later Fleet Admiral, Chester Nimitz arrived at the devastated Pearl Harbor Naval Base to take command of the US Pacific Fleet.
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Author: Major Dan
Editor and Narrator: Dr. Zar
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On December 25, 1941, US Navy Admiral, later Fleet Admiral, Chester Nimitz arrived at the devastated Pearl Harbor Naval Base to take command of the US Pacific Fleet.
The text narrated in this video is from the original article at historyandheadlines.com/history-short-the-man-who-won-the-war-in-the-pacific
Author: Major Dan
Editor and Narrator: Dr. Zar
The following media files are in the public domain for various reasons or have no known copyright restrictions:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%22Get%27em_out_for_your_Navy%22_-_NARA_-_514357.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%22I_urge_all_Navy_personnel_to_%27Save_Today_for_Tomorrow%27%22_-_NARA_-_514565.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1944_Chapin_map_of_American_Progress_in_the_Pacific_during_World_War_II_for_TIME_Magazine.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chester_Nimitz_as_ensign.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chester_W_Nimitz_by_Buffham,_c1905.png
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Europe_1914_Shepherd.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lieutenant_Chester_W._Nimitz_Jr.,_USN.tif?page=1
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McArthur-Nimitz_March_1944.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:That%27s_the_spot_to_hit!_(Chester_William_Nimitz)_by_John_Philip_Falter,_US_Government_Printing_Office,_1944,_color_photolithographic_poster_with_halftone,_from_the_National_Portrait_Gallery_-_NPG-NPG_98_156Nimitz-000001.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:THE_TOUGHEST_JOB_IS_STILL_AHEAD_-_NARA_-_513690.jpg
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