Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, Commander in Chief Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas confers with south Pacific area officers, possibly aboard USS Argonne (AG-31) at Noumea, New Caledonia, on 28 September 1942. Those present are, from left to right: Major General Richard K. Sutherland, U. S. Army, Chief of Staff to General MacArthur; Admiral Nimitz; Vice Admiral Robert L. Ghormley, Commander South Pacific Force; and Major General Millard F. Harmon, USAAF, Commanding General U. S. Army Forces South Pacific Area
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, Commander in Chief Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas confers with south Pacific area officers, possibly aboard USS Argonne (AG-31) at Noumea, New Caledonia, on 28 September 1942. Those present are, from left to right: Major General Richard K. Sutherland, U. S. Army, Chief of Staff to General MacArthur; Admiral Nimitz; Vice Admiral Robert L. Ghormley, Commander South Pacific Force; and Major General Millard F. Harmon, USAAF, Commanding General U. S. Army Forces South Pacific Area