Admiral Nimitz Greets Touring Congressmen. Guam: Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander in Chief, US Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas, greets members of a House Naval Affairs subcommittee as they arrive at an airport at Advance Headquarters in Guam, July 18. They are investigating postwar aspects of Pacific bases. Left to right are Congressman A.J. Biemiller, Wisconsin; Congressman Albert Gore, Tennessee; Congressman E.V.M. Izac, California; Admiral Nimitz; Congressman H. J. Jackson, Washington; Congressman E.E. Patterson; Delegate J.W. Farrington, Territory of Hawaii; Major General Henry L. Larsen, USMC, Island Commander, of Denver, Colorado; kneeling in front are Congressman C.W. Bishop, Illinois (left) and Congressman Herbert C. Bonner, North Carolina. July 27, 1945.