Fredericksburg, Texas

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Latitude: 30.274058 -- Longitude: -98.871822

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Fredericksburg was the birthplace of Admiral Chester Nimitz, Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Pacific Forces in World War II. The hotel owned by Nimitz's grandfather has been converted into a museum, named the National Museum of the Pacific War honoring the men and women who served with Nimitz in the war. After the war, the Japanese government gifted a Zen Garden to the museum as a tribute to the Nimitz Family. The much larger George Bush Gallery, home to an I.J.N. Ko-hyoteki class midget submarine and an American B-25 is two blocks away from that. The 33rd US Marine Corps Commandant, General Michael W. Hagee, graduated from Fredericksburg High School. General Hagee graduated with distinction from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1968 with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering. He also holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School and a Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College. -- Source: Wikipedia.com