Box P506 -- Folder: Nimitz, Chester W. Admiral.
Newscopy: "FLEET ADMIRAL CHESTER W. NIMITZ celebrates his 79th birthday today at his home on Yerba Buena Island. It is quite possible that he will be musing, as we do today, on the quick passage of time. To those of us who were adults during World War II, Nimitz was an almost daily household word. Yet there are millions of Americans, born since the victory year of 1945, to whom Chester W. Nimitz is just an honored name in textbooks associated with battles called Midway, Coral Sea, Tarawa and Philippines Sea. Time does fly indeed, but does not leave behind the memory of our nation's heroes, the MacArthurs, the Eisenhowers, the Clarks, the Halseys, [...]"