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Article: Historic Trees: the Nimitz oak. (preserving the tree named after Navy Admiral Chester W. Nimitz) (AFA Programs)
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- American Forests
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- May 1, 1992
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Mid-1942 was a time of epic sacrifice for most Americans. The Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor some six months
Worse yet, American forces were surrendering by the tens of thousands on Batnan and Corregidor. At home, 110,000 Japanese-Americans were being imprisoned in war camps, and sugar and gas rationing was getting under way.
But in April of '42, Col. James H. Doolittle led his daring air shake against Tokyo, giving new hope to Americans everywhere, and Navy Adm. Chester W. Nimitz was
elevated to commander-in-chief of Pacific Coast areas--a post from which he would lead American forces in the greatest naval comeback in military history.
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