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A Symbol Of Strength, Resolve.(A)
Byline: Peter Benesh
A product of the Cold War, the USS Nimitz entered service in 1975, seven years after construction began and 15 years before the collapse of Soviet and European communism.
The Nimitz's official mission is:
"To provide a credible, sustainable, independent forward presence and conventional deterrence in peacetime, to operate as the cornerstone of joint/allied maritime expeditionary forces in times of crisis and to operate and support aircraft attacks on enemies, protect friendly forces and engage in sustained independent operations in war."
At her commissioning, President Ford called the Nimitz "a solid symbol" of U.S. strength and resolve.
The ship had several brushes with rogue states and terrorism long before 9-11. On April 24, 1980, the Nimitz launched eight Sea Stallion helicopters. The ...
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- Magazine article from: Investor's Business Daily February 14, 2002 700+ words
Byline: DAN MOREAU Chester Nimitz faced a daunting task. As commander...said much about who they were and what Nimitz faced. They were Adms. William...and Holland "Howling Mad" Smith. Nimitz was known as a nice guy who tried his...
- Adm. Chester Nimitz His Focus On Strategy Helped Turn The Tide Of World War...
- Magazine article from: Investor's Business Daily April 16, 2001 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Investor's Business Daily May 19, 2004 700+ words
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...Hollywood film made a star of the USS Nimitz, the first in a class of nuclear aircraft...The Final Countdown," flung the Nimitz and her aircraft back to Dec. 6, 1941...reopened the time warp and hurled the Nimitz back to the present just before the sneak...
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- Newspaper article from: San Antonio Express-News (San Antonio, TX) February 26, 2007 700+ words
...for more than two years, the Admiral Nimitz Museum reopened Sunday to showcase its...floors filled with displays of Chester W. Nimitz Jr.'s rise to U.S. Pacific Fleet...veterans." The museum, a former hotel that Nimitz's grandfather, Charles H. Nimitz operated...
