At his new, Seabee-built headquarters on Guam, Chester William Nimitz sat at a shiny new desk. He wore khaki shorts, and an open-necked shirt with the five stars of a fleet admiral on the points ...

The time to say goodbye to the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier forever is getting closer — both for Washingtonians and the rest of the nation. In approximately a year the Navy's oldest active ...

Spruance and the ebullient, aggressive William F. Halsey, Jr. into an effective team." Of course, these same qualities helped ease Nimitz's relationship with MacArthur, no small feat given the ...

98-year-old William Covington signed up for the Navy ... They told me go get ready because I was going over to the main ship, Admiral Nimitz is going to pin a Purple Heart on you.

“The Navy proposes to replace an older Nimitz-class aircraft carrier at NBK-Bremerton with the next-generation Ford-class aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy,” according to a statement from U ...