Mr. Lay is a retired professional land surveyor and retired bank director. He lives with his wife, Marion, on Cape Cod.

Articles by Chester Nimitz Lay

On 7 May 1915, the British ocean liner RMS Lusitania, traveling from New York to Liverpool, was sunk by a German U-boat off the coast of Ireland.

Gone Too Soon

By Chester Nimitz Lay
June 2025
Just two years after the marriage of Chester Nimitz and Catherine Freeman, Nimitz’s brother-in-law would meet a heroic end during the sinking of the passenger liner Lusitania.