From the December 17, 2013, Forbes "The Ultimate Turnaround CEO" by Geoff Loftus.
Seventy-two years ago, Chester Nimitz was appointed to a new job after the events at Pearl Harbor. He became Commander-in-Chief Pacific Command, C-in-CPac.
What he received was the command of a mostly wrecked Pacific Fleet. The keystone of U.S. Naval strategy, its battleships had been destroyed in one blow. Plus, he had just lost about 3,000 skilled sailors dead and many others wounded and unable to do their jobs.
His opponents, the Japanese, had a well-trained, experienced force.
The odds were definitely against him.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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