As a mark of respect to the memory of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, it is hereby ordered, pursuant to the provisions of Section 4 of Proclamation 3044 of March 1, 1954, that until interment the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff on all buildings, grounds, and naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON
The White House
February 21, 1966
NOTE: Executive Order 11271 was not made public in the form of a White House press release.
Lyndon B. Johnson, Executive Order 11271—Fleet Admiral Chester E. Nimitz Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/239449