Nimitz Wants Army And Navy Separate
Rec. 9.45 p.m. Honolulu, Oct. 27. In a speech on Navy Day Admiral Nimitz urged the maintenance of a strong peacetime navy under a separate Navy Department. For many years, he said, the United States would have a great obligation in the Pacific which must be supported with adequate seapower, which meant not only ships and planes but dominion over sea and air. He praised unity of command but opposed a merger of the War and the Navy Departments, reversing the view he expressed last year. "The proposal for a single department is still in the blueprint stage whereas the greatest war in history was won with the present organisation," he said. He explained that his earlier statement was made without adequate opportunity for study.
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Taranaki Daily News, 29 October 1945, Page 5
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