Nimitz Museum

Yesterday we drove to Fredericksburg to visit the Admiral Chester Nimitz National Museum of the Pacific War. We have intended to visit this museum for several years and finally did it. Chester Nimitz was born here in Kerrville and lived several of his early years here as well as in Fredericksburg in his grandfather's hotel. The hotel has been remodeled back to the way it was in the grandfather's day and is now a museum to Admiral Nimitz. Chester also attended Tivy High School in Kerrville until he left before graduation to attend the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, where he graduated seventh in his class in 1905. He went on to introduce diesel engines in submarines and ultimately be in charge of all naval forces in the Pacific Theater in World War II.

The museum was enlarged several years ago to include the George H. W. Bush Gallery, which details the war in the Pacific and the many operations. Nimitz and MacArthur shared responsibility for the Pacific Theator and worked well together. It took us several hours to visit this museum, and so we got lunch in the middle of our tour. By the end I was overwhelmed with information but enjoyed the whole thing. It is a wonderul museum to visit and well worth the time and entrance fee. Happy travels.