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Photo #: NH 62947

Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
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Chief of Naval Operations, (standing, 3rd from right)

Poses with other officers and enlisted men during an inspection of Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, on 20 June 1946. He has annotated the original print with his initials and those of his Aide, Commander Eugene B. Fluckey, USN, who is standing at right.
Captain James D. Barner, the Air Station's Commanding Officer, is standing at left.
The aircraft is a Consolidated RY-1 transport plane.

Collection of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Image posted 20 February 2006