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[Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Inspects Tarawa, #1]

Description: Photograph of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz inspects Tarawa with a group of other men. Two men stand on the far left in light-colored uniforms with two pockets on the front, stars pinned to their collars, belts, trousers, thick soled shoes and brimmed hats with the Navy's emblem on the front. In the center stands another man with a cigar in his hands, and Chester W. Nimitz. They wear the same light-colored uniforms but with side caps on instead. Another man stands in front of Chester W. Nimitz poin… more
Date: November 1, 1943
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Inspects Tarawa, #2]

Description: Photograph of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz as he inspects Tarawa with a large group of men in uniform. Chester W. Nimitz stands in the center, walking down a small slope trailed by the majority of his group with only three men ahead of him. They are surrounded by cut down trees, sticks, remnants of tents and sandbags.
Date: November 1, 1943
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Hospital Plane at Makin]

Description: Photograph of wounded soldiers being transported by boat to air hospital near Makin Atoll in Gilbert Islands.
Date: 1943~
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[On Board Hospital Plane]

Description: Photograph of wounded soldiers aboard a Hospital Plane from Makin Island. Two soldiers are sat on cots and looking at a shirtless soldier standing in the middle of the plane. The middle soldier seems to be holding a Japanese flag with writing on it.
Date: 1943~
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Admiral Nimitz on Tarawa]

Description: Photograph of Admiral Nimitz (far left) touring Tarawa after a battle. Three unidentified men stand in front of Nimitz and the one closest to Nimitz points towards the end of a war weapon used in the battle.
Date: 1943~
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Marines at Apamama]

Description: Photograph of marines at Apamama Atoll in the Gilbert Islands moving supplies. The marines are working around several trucks filled with supplies. Military ships are sat in the water in the background of the photo.
Date: 1943-11~
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Loading the Hospital Plane]

Description: Photograph of a hospital plane at Makin being loaded with wounded soldiers. Two wounded soldiers are laying in cots beside the plane, and one is being picked up by two unidentified shirtless soldiers. Several other unidentified soldiers are working behind the cots.
Date: 1943~
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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