The National Museum of the Pacific War is located in Fredericksburg, Texas, the boyhood home of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz.

[2] Local trouble maker James P. Waldrip tried unsuccessfully to recruit Nimitz into Die Haengebande (vigilanty group).

While still a teenager, Chester was accepted for enrollment in the United States Naval Academy, where he graduated seventh out of a class of 114.

Chester Nimitz rose to the rank of Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Pacific Forces in World War II.

[19][20] The outdoor Plaza of the Presidents was dedicated on September 2, 1995, the 50th anniversary of Fleet Admiral Nimitz' acceptance of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender aboard the USS Missouri (BB-63).

[14] Money for the gallery was privately raised in the 1990s through the efforts of finance chairman Lee Bass and a board that included baseball star Nolan Ryan and Ernest Angelo, a former mayor of Midland.

[23][24] Bush later reflected that "terrifying experiences" of war helped him to become a man: "I have often wondered why me, why was I spared when others died.

"[25] On December 7, 2009, the museum hosted the Grand Reopening of the newly expanded George H. W. Bush Gallery where the second floor houses the Nimitz Education and Research Center.

Former President George H. W. Bush his wife Barbara, along with Texas Governor Rick Perry, cut the ribbon.