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Fact sheet for Naval History and Heritage Command publication “Best Beloved: The Wartime Letters of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz to His Wife, Catherine.” Edited by Tyler R. Bamford and Richard A. Hulver, this volume presents all of the surviving World War II–era correspondence that Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz wrote to his wife, Catherine. In these pages, Nimitz relates in his own words his feelings as he prepared to assume command of the devastated U.S. Pacific Fleet in December 1941, his fears about the possibility of being relieved during the war’s darkest days in 1942, and his nervous excitement as he signed the surrender document that ended the most destructive war of the twentieth century.
Published by Naval History and Heritage Command, 805 Kidder Breese Street SE Washington Navy Yard, DC 20374-5060
https://www.history.navy.mil/research/publications/publications-by-subject/best-beloved.html
Book Cover: Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz and Catherine Nimitz after World War II. (Sr. Mary Aquinas Nimitz Collection, NMPW, 2005.661.259u)
Use of ISBN: This is an official U.S. Government edition of this publication and is herein identified to certify its authenticity. The print edition is cataloged under ISBN 978-1-943604-92-0 and the 508-compliant digital edition under ISBN 978-1-943604-93-7. Library of Congress Control Number: 2023025777.
| Date Taken: | 01.13.2026 |
| Published: | 01-13-26 12:12 PM |
| Graphic ID: | 40404 |
| VIRIN: | 260113-N-N0147-3452 |
| Size: | 508.28 KB |
| Location: | US |
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