General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. ADMIRAL NIMITZquot; INSPECTION TOUR OF OKINAWA; TREATMENT OF WOUNDED, Japanese quot;BAKAquot; PLANE

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General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. ADMIRAL NIMITZquot; INSPECTION TOUR OF OKINAWA; TREATMENT OF WOUNDED, Japanese quot;BAKAquot; PLANE

1945

1) MS-CU Admiral Nimitz & members on his staff on inspection tour on Okinawa Island-SV.2) MS Admiral Nimitz talking to officers & walking among ruins of Japanese fortifications.3) LS Smoke columns rise from island under bombardment.4) MS-CU Corpsmen dress wounds of badly wounded Marine lying on stretcher.5) MS-CU Two dead Japanese women.6) CU LVT(A) fires cannon.7) MS-CU Several views of "Baka" plane.QUALITY: GOOD

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Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966

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Chester William Nimitz, Sr. (/ˈnɪmɪts/; February 24, 1885 – February 20, 1966) was a fleet admiral of the United States Navy. He played a major role in the naval history of World War II as Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet and Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas, commanding Allied air, land, and sea forces during World War II. Nimitz was the leading US Navy authority on submarines. Qualified in submarines during his early years, he later oversaw the conversion of these vessels' propu...