" As it pulled away from the wreckage, he stood up to look back at the sinking plane. The coxswain shouted at him: “Sit down, you!” Then, realizing who it was, he tried to apologize, but Nimitz told the coxswain that he was absolutely correct, and obediently sat. "

― Craig L. Symonds , Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay