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Catherine Nimitz at her desk in the US Naval Hospital at Oakland, California. Courtesy National Museum of the Pacific War Digital Archive.

Catherine Nimitz Volunteered to Support the US W...

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Jan. 07, 2025
While Catherine Nimitz’s husband led the Pacific Fleet to victory in World War II, she made her own...
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Passing of President Jimmy Carter

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Dec. 29, 2024
It is with deep regret I inform you of the passing of President James Earl “Jimmy” Carter Jr. on 29 December...
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This plaque commemorates the sailors onboard the Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413). M. Brodsky can be seen in the leftmost column. The plaque was displayed aboard the Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58), and helped inspire that ship’s crew when it was hit by an Iranian mine in 1988.

Maurice Brodsky: An “Average Enlisted Man” at th...

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Oct. 23, 2024
Eighty years ago, a handful of American destroyers, destroyer escorts, and escort carriers faced off against a...
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Former POWs U.S. Navy Capt. Jeremiah A. Denton, right, and U.S. Navy Capt. James A. Alfred Mulligan, left, talk during their flight on a Military Airlift Command C-141 Starlifter after being released by the North Vietnamese in February 1973 (National Archives and Records Administration 330-CFD-DD-ST-99-04242).

Remembering Resistance: U.S. Navy POWs at the Ha...

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Sep. 18, 2024
On Aug. 5, 1964, Lt. j.g. Everett Alvarez, Jr., a young U.S. Navy aviator, had just finished bombing a North...
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The monitor Puritan (BM-1) was one of the first US Navy ships that Chester Nimitz ever saw. He and several companions rented a sailboat and sailed out to the vessel in the Chesapeake Bay in June 1901

June 29, 2023

Nimitz at the Naval Academy: The Plebe Year of One of America’s Most Distinguished Admirals

Plagued by poor health and lacking nautical experience, future Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz persevered and excelled during his plebe year at the U.S. Naval Academy which began in 1901.

Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas.

Dec. 12, 2022

Admiral Chester Nimitz Takes Command in the Aftermath of Pearl Harbor

On the morning of 16 December 1941, nine days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Rear

Chief of Naval Operations Lieutenant Elmo “Bud” Zumwalt and Mouza Zumwalt (right) attend a luncheon with Commandant of the Marine Corps General Leonard Chapman and Emily Champan (left).

Sept. 16, 2022

When Bud Met Mouza: The Zumwalts' Whirlwind Romance and Lifelong Love

Mouza Coutelais-du-Roche married Lieutenant Elmo Zumwalt Jr. after a three-week whirlwind romance in Shanghai. The challenges she faced adapting to both a new country and life as a Navy spouse inspired her lifelong mission to support Navy families.

March 7, 2022

In Memoriam: Admiral Thomas B. Hayward, USN (Ret.), 21st CNO 1924–2022

It is with deep regret I inform you of the passing of Admiral Thomas Bibb Hayward, U.S. Navy