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Title"Dearly beloved"Other Titles (e.g. Variant)"Dearly beloved": the wartime letters of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz to his wife, Catherine (Corrected title)Wartime letters of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz to his wife, Catherine"Best beloved": the wartime letters of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz to his wife, CatherineTypeTextMonographClassificationLCC: V63.N55 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)DDC: 940.54/26/092 full (Source: 23/eng/20231204) (Source: sudocs) Supplementary Contentbibliography (bibliography) Summary"During World War II, Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz commanded the largest combatant force ever assembled by the U.S. Navy. As a theater commander responsible for amphibious operations stretching across the Pacific from Guadalcanal to Alaska, Nimitz forged the successful joint force that defeated the Imperial Japanese Navy and became a household name in the process. Behind Nimitz's effective command persona, however, was a man who shouldered many of the same burdens as present day naval officers. He struggled with the long separation from his family, worried about his loved ones' health, and thought constantly about how to prepare for retirement. Most of all, Nimitz agonized over command decisions that determined the course of the Pacific war and decided the professional fate of his subordinates. Nimitz rarely shared his personal feelings, and he refused to record them for posterity by writing his memoirs. Instead, he reserved his private thoughts for his letters to his wife Catherine, his "Best Beloved." For the first time, this volume presents all of the surviving wartime correspondence that Chester wrote to Catherine. In these pages Nimitz relates in his own words how he felt as he prepared to assume command of the devastated U.S. Pacific Fleet in December 1941, his fears about the possibility of being relieved during the war's darkest days in 1942, and his nervous excitement as he signed the surrender document that ended the most destructive war of the 20th century"-- Provided by publisherAuthorized Access PointNimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966 "Dearly beloved"