Husband E. Kimmel
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United States admiral (1882-1968)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Admiral Kimmel's story
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1953
Discography
- 5 to 11987
- Circle Back Home1990
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Stages of embryonic development of the zebrafish
· 1995 · cited 10,848x
- The Genome Sequence of
<i>Drosophila melanogaster</i>
· 2000 · cited 4,818x
- Geodesic Active Contours
· 1997 · cited 4,011x
- Evolution of Organic Aerosols in the Atmosphere
· 2009 · cited 3,647x
- A novel MHC class I–like gene is mutated in patients with hereditary haemochromatosis
· 1996 · cited 2,907x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “Goddamnit, use your common sense!”
- “From: CINCPAC To: All ships present AIR RAID PEARL HARBOR X THIS IS NO DRILL”
- “The Pacific Fleet was inferior to the Japanese Fleet in every category of fighting ship... Japan, at the outbreak of hostilities, had nine aircraft carriers in commission. We had three carriers in the Pacific and those did not have their full quota of planes. Although the battleships of the fleet were all approximately the same age as the heavy ships of the Japanese Navy, our ships were particularly deficient in short-range anti-aircraft weapons...”
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Key facts
- Nicknames
- "Kim", "Hubbie", and "Mustafa"
- Born
- Husband Edward Kimmel , February 26, 1882, Henderson, Kentucky , U.S.
- Died
- May 14, 1968 (1968-05-14) (aged 86), Groton, Connecticut , U.S.
- Allegiance
- United States of America
- Branch
- United States Navy
- Service years
- 1904–1942
- Rank
- Rear Admiral
- Commands
- USS New York , Cruiser Division 7, Cruisers, Battle Force, United States Pacific Fleet
- Conflicts
- Mexican Revolution United States occupation of Veracruz World War I World War II Attack on Pearl Harbor
- Awards
- Mexican Service Medal , World War I Victory Medal , World War II Victory Medal
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Husband Edward Kimmel (February 26, 1882 – May 14, 1968) was a United States Navy four-star admiral who was the commander in chief of the United States Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT) during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He was removed from that command after the attack, in December 1941, and was reverted to his permanent two-star rank of rear admiral due to no longer holding a four-star assignment. He retired from the Navy in early 1942. The U.S. Senate voted to change Kimmel's permanent rank to four stars in 1999, but President Clinton did not act on the resolution, and neither have any of his successors.
Life and career
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