Photo #: 80-G-701553 Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, USN, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, and Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN Pose together at the Navy Department, Washington, D.C., on 21 November 1945, as it was announced that FAdm. Nimitz would succeed FAdm. King as Chief of Naval Operations. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 106KB; 740 x 590 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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5 December 2000