Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz. He was the Commander-in-Chief of Pacific Fleet. General Douglas MacArthur led the Army in the Pacific.
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He enlisted in the US Navy and was stationed at Pearl Harbor and survived the Japanese attack of the US fleet. During World War II, he served in the Pacific Theater aboard the USS Litchfield destroyer as a Machinist Mate First Class. He was awarded the American Defense Ribbon with 1 Star, the Asiatic-Pacific Theater Ribbon, the American Area Ribbon, WWII Victory Medal and Good Conduct Medal. He served with the Navy from Feb. 14, 1941 to April 2, 1947.
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz was CINCPAC (Commander in Chief Pacific) from just after the Pearl Harbor attack, throughout the rest of the war. Nimitz wore two hats - he was the head of the US Navy in the Pacific, and, he was a Theater Commander. The Pacific was divided into two Theaters of Operations. The Central Pacific theater, and all Allied personnel in it, were under Nimitz. Army General Douglas MacArthur commanded the Southwest Pacific Theater of Operations, and all Allied personnel there. From time to time Nimitz had army troops under his command, in his role as Theater Commander. Similarly, a few times MacArthur had Marines (which are a part of the US Navy) and always had some naval forces under his control.
The Pacific Theater, where the US fought Japan and the European theater the war, the war with European countries in the second world war
The US gained the upper hand in the Pacific sphere by having a very powerful Navy and establishing a base in Hawaii. The US had a great presence in this area.
The Allies divided the world into Theaters of Operations, of which there were two in the Pacific, the Central Pacific Theater and the Southwest Pacific Theater. There was also a China-Burma-India Theater. US Army General Douglas MacArthur was commander of the Southwest Pacific Theater. US Navy Admiral Chester Nimitz commanded the Central Pacific, and he was also commander of the US Pacific Fleet. Nimitz usually had the six divisions of US Marines, and Army troops as well under his command, plus US Army Air Force units. British General Lord Louis Mountbatten commanded the China-Burma-India Theater.
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The Pacific Theater of Operations was so large it required two US/Allied supreme commanders: Navy-Admiral Nimitz/Army-General MacArthur.
He was an important US military leader during World War 2. He served in the Pacific Theater of Operations.
In the Pacific Theater of Operations, America and its allies fought the Empire of Japan.
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US Army General Stillwell, CBI Theater; US Army General MacArthur Southwest Pacific; US Navy Admiral Nimitz, the rest of the Pacific Theater.
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Yes. The Marine Corps and the US Navy were assigned to the Pacific campaign, while the Army and Navy were assigned to the European campaign.
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