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...NIMITZ...
Another War. In 1944 there was also war in the Pacific. It was a year of great achievement for Admiral Chester William Nimitz, top U.S. commander in that theater of tiny land patches in vast reaches of water. For the first time, in 1944, Nimitz took the offensive, as distinguished from the counteroffensive (Guadalcanal, the upper Solomons, the Gilberts). In the Marshalls, the Marianas and the Carolines, Nimitz put his amphibious forces on the fringe of the Japanese inner empire. For the first time the main strength of the Jap fleet was lured to battle, and it was badly beaten...
...every theater homesick men would hear the ancient words ". . . and on earth peace, good will to men. ..." and secretly treasure their memories of warmth, love and good cheer. Hundreds of fighting ships would have Christmas trees, flown west from Pearl Harbor. Admiral Nimitz would be visited by a Seabee Santa Claus. Soldiers slogging up Highway 65, near the Fifth Army's Italian front, would see a huge Merry Christmas sign, and a fog-shrouded Apennine pine decorated with 400 colored lights. G.I.s would have Christmas parties for children in France, England, Italy, Iceland, the Philippines; and each father could...
...best the harbor of Guam could shelter only about 100 ships. But in comparison to Pearl Harbor, it was nearly 4,000 miles closer to the war. From Australia this week a radio newscast reported that five-star Admiral Chester W. Nimitz would move his headquarters from Pearl Harbor to Guam shortly after the first of the year...
...John J. Pershing's "General of the Armies." Five-star rank on O.D. shoulders (equals British Field Marshal) is scheduled to go to Generals Marshall, Arnold, Eisenhower and MacArthur. In the Navy (where it equals British "Admiral of the Fleet") it is reported ready for Admirals King, Leahy, Nimitz and Halsey...