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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 62341

Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN,
Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet, and Pacific Ocean Areas

Boards a Naval Air Transportation Service plane at Naval Air Base, Tanapag, Saipan, 29 August 1945. He was flown to Tokyo Bay, Japan, to serve as United States' Representative at the Japanese Surrender ceremonies held on board USS Missouri three days later.

Collection of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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19 February 1999