Operation Starvation was a naval mining operation conducted in World War II by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) to disrupt Japanese shipping.
B-29 dropping sea mines over Japanese home waters
No.1-class auxiliary patrol boats played an active part in the post-war minesweeping effort
Chester William Nimitz was a fleet admiral in the United States Navy. He played a major role in the naval history of World War II as Commander in Chief, US Pacific Fleet, and Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas, commanding Allied air, land, and sea forces during World War II.
Portrait of Nimitz, c.1945–47
Ensign Chester Nimitz
USS Decatur, 1902
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz pins the Navy Cross on Doris "Dorie" Miller in a ceremony onboard USS Enterprise, Pearl Harbor, May 27, 1942.