Talk:Chester W. Nimitz

message: While the picture with Dorie Miller is pretty, it makes Dorie Miller look like the subject of the article instead of Nimitz. How about "Nimitz awards medal to one of his sailors." A picture with MacArthur or Roosevelt or even Doolittle would seem more appropriate to the article. Student7 00:29, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Picture with Dorie Miller

message: The use of huge insignia graphics to track his career seems unecessarily (how shall I say) overt (?). It just seems a bit much. Pretty, but not really useful or that informative. Career tracking okay. The man was a Fleet Admiral. Nothing can detract from that. To me the insignia would be the equivalent of firing 21 guns on audio every time Franklin Roosevelt's bio was brought up online. Not really necessary! Student7 11:11, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Style

message: The article for William Halsey has his date of rank for Lieutenant j.g. the same as Lieutenant but he underwent the same type of promotion as Nimitz.  So, shouldn't one the articles be changed.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.140.56.241 (talk) 01:53, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of rank  

message: Nimitz school in Tulsa, OK, is a middle school for grades 6 thru 8 (not an elementary school).  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.17.167.30 (talk) 03:34, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Memorials and Honorary 

message: His list of awards includes the Silver Lifesaving Medal. There is nothing about this in the article; what were the details of the incident for which the medal was awarded? 170.170.59.138 (talk) 18:56, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Whom did he pull out of the water? 

message: I removed the post nominal letters GCB, referring to his honorary status as Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, from the introduction of this article as Mr. Nimitz was not closely associated with the United Kingdom in the sense required by the Manual of Style for biographies.  The full style guidelines for the use of post nominal letters can be viewed here: Wikipedia:Manual of Style (biographies)#Post-nominal_initials. TrufflesTheLamb (talk) 20:20, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Order of the Bath 

message: As FADM Nimitz' latest biographer (under contract with MacMillan, 2010), I note a bunch of errors which I will correct when I get time. Call this, just a cautionary note . . .   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.156.55.232 (talk) 04:15, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok, but note the talk pages are not for personal or corporate promotion. Any referenced material you provide is most welcome.HammerFilmFan (talk) 19:19, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Many small errors 

message: The Russian word for "German" is немецкий , which is pronounced (more or less) "Nimitsky" so it is likely that the German-extraction family lived in Russia for a while.
StevinSimon (talk) 17:01, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Wiki policy forbids Original Research - you'll need to cite a Reliable Source. HammerFilmFan (talk) 10:06, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Probable Origin of Family Name 

message: While on subs N. lost a finger in a working accident, like  Yamamoto lost two at the Battle of Tsushima.
--109.91.87.228 (talk) 23:05, 3 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Error in the painting 

message: Nimitz was a qualified Submarine Officer - he earned Gold Submarine Dolphins - should add this to the page (same as Ernest King has aviator wings)- for proof look at numerous pictures and painting of the Admiral.  Also he was a submarine CO - cannot be in this role without dolphins.
The following is from http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq36-4.htm Naval History and Heritage Command: 
He returned to the U. S. in 1907 and was ordered to duty under instruction in submarines, the branch of the service in which he spent a large part of his sea duty. His first submarine was USS Plunger (A- 1). He successively commanded USS Snapper, USS Narwal and USS Skipjack until 1912. On 20 March of that year, Nimitz, then a Lieutenant, and commanding officer of the submarine E-1 (formerly Skipjack), was awarded the Silver Lifesaving Medal by the Treasury Department for his heroic action in saving W.J. Walsh, Fireman second class, USN, from drowning. A strong tide was running and Walsh, who could not swim, was rapidly being swept away from his ship. Lieutenant Nimitz dove in the water and kept Walsh afloat until both were picked up by a small boat.
He had one year in command of the Atlantic Submarine Flotilla before coming ashore in 1913 for duty in connection with building the diesel engines for the tanker USS Maumee at Groton, Conn. In that same year, he was sent to Germany and Belgium to study engines at their Diesel Plants. With that experience he subsequently served as Executive Officer and Engineering Officer of the Maumee until 1917 when he was assigned as Aide and Chief of Staff to COMSUBLANT. He served in that billet during World War I.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.196.234.99 (talk) 23:45, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Decorations and Awards 

message: Nimitz= Nemetz = Немец = German ?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.90.230.235 (talk) 07:49, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Meaning Of The Name ? 

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