Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966

President Harry S. Truman waves to the crowd at the football game between the United States Naval Academy and Pennsylvania State University. Standing, from left to right: Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz; Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal; Gwyneth (Mrs. Aubrey) Fitch; Captain James Foskett, Naval Aide to the President (in the second row); President Truman; Vice Admiral Aubrey W. Fitch, Superintendent of the Naval Academy; Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Staff to the President.

President Harry S. Truman (second from right) and Admiral William Leahy (second from left) converses with Admiral Chester Nimitz (left) and Admiral Marc Mitscher (right) aboard the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Eighth Fleet war games off the Virginia Capes.

General Wade H. Haislip (far right) and his wife, Mrs. Haislip (center, back to camera) talk with Admiral Chester W. Nimitz (left) at General Haislip's retirement reception and dinner held at the Officers Club at Fort McNair. Others in the background are unidentified.

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz (seated) is signing the Allied Surrender Terms agreement which finalized the unconditional surrender of the Japanese and the end of the war with Japan. Behind Admiral Nimitz are (left to right) General Douglas MacArthur, Admiral William F. Halsey and Rear Admiral Forrest Sherman. Other soldiers and sailors in the background are unidentified. The ceremony took place aboard the USS Missouri. The photograph was given to Colonel Westray B. Boyce during her tour of the Pacific Theatre in the Fall of 1945.

Members of the Corregidor-Bataan Memorial Commission gathered around proposal documents for the construction of the memorial. Emmet O'Neal, who served as a member and eventually Chairman of the commission, is seated third from the left. Also present is Admiral Chester W. Nimitz (second from the left). All others are unidentified.

Photograph of Admiral Chester William Nimitz sent to the members of the Corregidor-Bataan Memorial Commission. Mat of photograph is autographed by Nimitz: "To the Members of the Corregidor-Bataan Commission with best wishes C.W. Nimitz, Fleet Admiral, USN."

President Harry S. Truman (in civilian clothes, third from right) on board the aircraft carrier U. S. S. Franklin D. Roosevelt, posing in front of a caricature of former President Roosevelt. With him are Admiral Chester Nimitz (second from right) and Admiral William D. Leahy (fourth from right, behind Truman, partly obscured). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (left), Admiral William Leahy and Admiral Chester Nimitz aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Others in the background are unidentified.

From left to right: Captain Taylor, Admiral Marc A. Mitscher, unidentified Navy officer (partly obscured), Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Captain Clark Clifford, Admiral William D. Leahy, Press Secretary Charles Ross, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, President Harry S. Truman, Correspondence Secretary William Hassett, Special Assistant to the President Edwin Locke, Brigadier General Harry H. Vaughan, and two unidentified men. They are aboard the U. S. S. Franklin D. Roosevelt during fleet maneuvers off the Virginia Capes.