<P> The Nimitz Hotel was designated an historical marker in 1989, marker number 10089 . </P> <P> The Admiral Nimitz Foundation was established in 1964 (as the Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Naval Museum, Inc .) to support a museum honoring Fredericksburg's native son, Commander - in - Chief of Allied Forces, Pacific Ocean Area . </P> <P> The hotel owned by Nimitz's grandfather Charles Henry Nimitz was restored to its original design and renamed the Admiral Nimitz Museum by an act of the Texas legislature in 1968 . The original intent was to focus only as a memorial to Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz . In 2000, the complex was renamed Admiral Nimitz State Historic Site - National Museum of the Pacific War and is dedicated exclusively to the Pacific Theater battles of World War II . The conning tower of USS Pintado (SS - 387) is at the main museum entrance . </P> <P> The Pacific Combat Zone is a re-creation of a Pacific island battlefield, and includes a Quonset hut hospital, a PT boat and base, Japanese tank, palm trees, and machine gun placements . Re-enactments, called Living History exhibits, are held throughout the year . The Veterans' Walk of Honor and Memorial Wall can be found within the Memorial Courtyard . </P>

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