The Legacy of Admiral Nimitz in Today's Japan

The Admiral Nimitz Foundation 2020 Symposium included five keynotes by prominent WWII authors. This keynote, titled THE LEGACY OF ADMIRAL NIMITZ IN TODAY’S JAPAN is presented by Craig Symonds, Ph.D. Symonds is the Ernest J. King Distinguished Professor of Maritime
History at the Naval War College and Professor Emeritus at the U.S Naval
Academy, where he taught for 30 years and served as a department chair.

He is the author or editor of 29 books, including The Battle of Midway,
Operation Neptune, and World War II at Sea: A Global History, all published
by Oxford University Press. Dr. Symonds is a recipient of the Roosevelt Prize,
the Lincoln Prize, the Morison Prize, and the Dudley W. Knox Medal for
Lifetime Achievement.

This program was funded in-part by donations from Humanities Texas, Texas Pioneer Foundation, and Enterprise Holdings Foundation.