ADMIRAL NIMITZ INJURED
RECENT VICTORIES RECOGNISED Washington, July 10. The Navy announced that the Distinguished Service Medal has been awarded to Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Pacific fleet, for exceptionally meritorious service in the Battles of the Coral Sea and Midway Island. A London message also says that the United States Navy Department has announced that Admiral Nimitz was slightly injured recently while travelling in a plane which crashed when landing at an American west coast port.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 162, 13 July 1942, Page 4
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80ADMIRAL NIMITZ INJURED Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 162, 13 July 1942, Page 4
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