Let's showcase some Texans who helped keep our nation free. I'd like to start off with Admiral Chester Nimitz, born in 1885 in Fredericksburg.
The man coordinated most of the military operations in the Pacific leading up to the surrender of Japan in 1945, he spearheaded technological advacenments with our warships, including switching from gasoline power to diesel power on the early submarine fleet, and then later playing a key role in the approval and launching of the first nuclear powered sub - the USS Nautilus. The man's military career was storied - appointed to the rank of five-star Fleet Admiral in 1944, 43 years after beginning his appointment to the US Naval Academy. He served on submarines and surface ships, and rose thru the ranks to wind up commanding the Pacific fleet in WW2 before being appointed Commander in Chief of the Pacific Area not long after. The Navy named the CVN-68, which was the first in her new class of larger aircraft carriers. Its currently the oldest serving aircraft carrier in the world, set to retire in 2027.
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The man coordinated most of the military operations in the Pacific leading up to the surrender of Japan in 1945, he spearheaded technological advacenments with our warships, including switching from gasoline power to diesel power on the early submarine fleet, and then later playing a key role in the approval and launching of the first nuclear powered sub - the USS Nautilus. The man's military career was storied - appointed to the rank of five-star Fleet Admiral in 1944, 43 years after beginning his appointment to the US Naval Academy. He served on submarines and surface ships, and rose thru the ranks to wind up commanding the Pacific fleet in WW2 before being appointed Commander in Chief of the Pacific Area not long after. The Navy named the CVN-68, which was the first in her new class of larger aircraft carriers. Its currently the oldest serving aircraft carrier in the world, set to retire in 2027.
Chester W. Nimitz - Wikipedia
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