Talk:Chester W. Nimitz

World War II

I believe that there are two problems with the WW II section of this page:

First, this page seems to be excessively praiseful of Admiral Nimitz, to the point of excluding other important figures. While I personally agree with the comments made, I don't think they belong in a neutral article as they present him as infalliable and as a man destined to win, which he was not. Although the United States did push the Japanese back, the Japanese were very successful in the earlier stages of the war. The article also does not mention the heavy fighting that occured before the course of the war was reversed.

Second, the article does not mention the divided command in the Pacific, which Admiral Nimitz played an important part in.

I'm not qualified to make the changes needed, (I'm still an undergrad), but I think that they should be noted and changed if possible.

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"As rapidly as ships, men, and matériel became available, he shifted to the offensive and, by his brilliant leadership, unflagging optimism, and outstanding skill as a strategist, defeated the enemy in the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Battle of Midway, and in the Solomon Islands Campaign."

Weren't a lot of these battles fought before the US Navy received much in the way of reinforcements, and indeed isn't that part of what was so impressive about his command during the period of 1942, that despite the then limited resources that he had available, he was able to acheive so much against the Japanese

During 1942, Nimitz received lots of reinforcements from the Atlantic Fleet of the U.S. Navy, including aircraft carriers, new, fast battleships, and submarines. Also, there were lots of new airplanes coming in - for carriers and for shore-based use.

However, it is quite true that the huge numbers of new ships did not start arriving until 1943 - lots of carriers, cruisers, destroyers, battleships, etc. These had already started their construction before the war under a "Two-Ocean Navy" plan that had been enacted by the U.S. Congress under the shadow of war that began in 1939 (Nazism.).

Teach me! I am Japanese. At Battle of Peleliu Wikipedia Japanese version, "In 1982, Japanese rebuilt Shinto Shrine on Peleliu and in 1994 on that stage they set epitaph with epigram which was composed by Admiral Nimitz [[1]]" which was engraved followings

{Tourists from every country who visit this island should be told how courageous and patriotic were the Japanese soldiers who all died defending this island}

Admiral Nimitz composed that truly? I doubt it seem similar to Epitaph of Simonides Battle of Thermopylae.59.139.180.26 14:45, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

I agree with the first commenter that this article sounds too positive,it idealizes him, rather than objectivley analzing him. And ironically, it almost glosses over his main achievement-the command of the US Pacific Fleet during WW II.

The Battles of the Coral Sea, Midway, and the Solomon Islands are mentioned in a sinlge sentence, while the pre-war incident where his ship ran aground gets a paragraph [which the article says could have cost him his career, but it doesn't say why it ultimatly *didn't* cost him his career.]....This article isn't terrible, overall, but its pretty vague in places. I don't know all that much about Nimitz, so I can't fix it, but I hope someone does.--Filippo Argenti 18:15, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Is the Passed Midshipman rank attributed to him correct? Wouldn't it be just Midshipman? Midshipmen at the US Naval Academy progress from Midshipman Fourth Class (Freshman) to Midshipman First Class (Senior) Wikihonduras 17:34, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

--Yes, today they progress in that fashion. But that was not the case in 1905. Passed Midshipman was the correct term at that time. Consult Reef Points for details.

I couldn't find any references in my 1984 edition. Maybe a more detailed reference? Or maybe previous versions that describe his rank in '05 as Passed midshipman? Wikihonduras (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 02:40, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Picture with Dorie Miller

While the picture with Dorie Miller is pretty, it makes Dorie Miller look like the subject of the article instead of Nimitz. How about "Nimitz awards medal to one of his sailors." A picture with MacArthur or Roosevelt or even Doolittle would seem more appropriate to the article. Student7 00:29, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

He also made a famous quote "Uncommon valor was a common virtue." —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rakersemperfi (talk • contribs) 19:29, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Style

The use of huge insignia graphics to track his career seems unecessarily (how shall I say) overt (?). It just seems a bit much. Pretty, but not really useful or that informative. Career tracking okay. The man was a Fleet Admiral. Nothing can detract from that. To me the insignia would be the equivalent of firing 21 guns on audio every time Franklin Roosevelt's bio was brought up online. Not really necessary! Student7 11:11, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

• I agree. The insignia graphics could use some downsizing. 80.144.244.124 04:08, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Date of rank

The article for William Halsey has his date of rank for Lieutenant j.g. the same as Lieutenant but he underwent the same type of promotion as Nimitz. So, shouldn't one the articles be changed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.140.56.241 (talk) 01:53, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Memorials and Honorary

Nimitz school in Tulsa, OK, is a middle school for grades 6 thru 8 (not an elementary school). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.17.167.30 (talk) 03:34, 7 May 2008 (UTC) --24.17.167.30 (talk) 03:36, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Missing - Nimitz Middle School in San Antonio, Texas —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.119.146.190 (talk) 01:25, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Admiral Nimitz Galley. The enlisted dining facility at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island? [2]--Traumatic (talk) 09:57, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

Who did he pull out of the water?

His list of awards includes the Silver Lifesaving Medal. There is nothing about this in the article; what were the details of the incident for which the medal was awarded? 170.170.59.138 (talk) 18:56, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Order of the Bath

I removed the post nominal letters GCB, referring to his honorary status as Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, from the introduction of this article as Mr. Nimitz was not closely associated with the United Kingdom in the sense required by the Manual of Style for biographies. The full style guidelines for the use of post nominal letters can be viewed here: Wikipedia:Manual of Style (biographies)#Post-nominal_initials. TrufflesTheLamb (talk) 20:20, 9 July 2009 (UTC)