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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 Ernest J. King, Chief of Naval Operations, offers his congratulations to Admiral Chester Nimitz, who will take over King's post. From: Beth Gore

Admiral Chester Nimitz at the White House where President Harry S. Truman (left) decorated the Naval hero with the Gold Star in lieu of a third Distinguished Service Medal. Mrs. Nimitz is shown in center. From: Beth Gore.

Photo of Prime Minister Ferenc Nagy of Hungary and Rep. Sol Bloom, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, reviewing a map in Mr. Bloom's office. From: Beth Gore.

Photo of CIO President Philip Murray as he testified before the Senate Labor Committee. Mr. Murray indicated that Congress would shove the nation towards economic "catastrophe" if it attempted to weaken unions instead of business monopolies. From: Beth Gore.