Naval officers

Photo of President Sergio Osmena of the Philippines, left, awarding the Medal for Valor, highest Philippine decoration, to Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, center, as Admiral Ernest J. King, right, looks on. From: Beth Gore.

The corn was green at the Mayflower Hotel after Admiral Chester W. Nimitz was made an honorary Chief by the Ottawa Indian Foundation of Harbor Springs, Michigan. Photo shows the Admiral doing the Indian war chant and smoking a pipe of peace. From: Beth Gore

In an address to a joint session of Congress today, Admiral Chester Nimitz called on his countrymen to make certain that "no future war may ever again find us unprepared." Admiral Nimitz received a tumultuous greeting from members of Congress when he arrived at the Capitol for the address. On the rostrum are Speaker Sam Rayburn (R) and Senator Kenneth McKellar (L), President Pro Tempore of the Senate. From: Beth Gore.

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz came to Capitol Hill today to see Senator Thomas C. Hart, of Connecticut. Former Admiral Hart commanded the Pacific fleet. "I just came in to see my old boss and friend," Nimitz said. From: Beth Gore.

Admiral Nimitz, seated on the back of his car, acknowledging the cheers of thousands who lined historic Pennsylvania Avenue to welcome the hero. From: Beth Gore.

A photo of Admiral Chester Nimitz (right), Chief of Naval Operations, at a press conference where he announced the Navy had found Captain Charles B. McVay III, skipper of the cruiser Indianapolis, guilty of failing to direct his ship to follow a zig-zag course prior to the time she was destroyed in the Philippines Sea on July 30, 1945. Shown with Nimitz is Vice Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations. From: Beth Gore.

Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Chief of Naval Operations, speaking to graduates of the U. S. Naval Academy's 1946 Class at Annapolis. From: Beth Gore

The House Chamber as Admiral Chester Nimitz addressed a joint session of the Senate and House. From: Beth Gore.

Admiral Chester Nimitz told Congress that he favored closer cooperation between the Army, the Navy and the State Department than existed at Pearl Harbor. However, he opposed an Army-Navy merger or the establishment of a separate Air Force. Reversing his stand of a year ago, Nimitz told the Senate Military Affairs Committee it was now his studied opinion that a merger of the Army and Navy "means at best no more advantages than we have now, at worst that the Navy, and the Command of the Seas so vital to our country, will suffer". From: Beth Gore

Admiral Nimitz is voicing his determined opposition to either a merger of the Army and Navy or the creation of an independent Air Force. He appeared before the Senate Military Affairs Committee. From: Beth Gore