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...There was one hint as to a possible reason for the attack. Three days before it. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. in a press conference at his office in the Hawaiian Islands, said: "We have every expectation of holding these islands." He may possibly have thought then that the Japanese were assembling transports and supply vessels in the Marshalls and Gilberts for an invasion of the Hawaiian group: if so, the task force he sent was designed to break up such preparations...
...three theaters of war last week, where U.S. armed forces were actually functioning under a single command. In the western Caribbean, Rear Admiral John H. Hoover was in supreme command. In the Canal Zone, Lieut. General Frank M. Andrews, Air Forces, was top man. In Hawaii, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz had been placed over Lieut. General Delos C. Emmons of the Air Forces, top Army man of the Islands...
Last week Admiral Nimitz-who shortly afterwards answered the question "Where is the U.S. Navy?"-doffed his gold-braided cap to the merits of the new system. Said he: "In my opinion and that of General Emmons it is functioning exceedingly well. It is a specific contribution to effective military and naval operations in the Pacific area...
Japanese submarines shelled three islands of the Hawaiian chain one night last week. They damaged a small shed, set fire to a cane field. Questioned at a press conference aboard a submarine about U.S. Navy counteroperations, island-wise, white-thatched Admiral Chester W. Nimitz answered in island slang: "Hoomanawanui" (Let time take care of the situation...
...replace Nimitz in the BUNAV went Rear Admiral Randall Jacobs, 56, grim-faced, dour veteran (38 years), lately at sea with the Atlantic Fleet...