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Hawaii After Pearl Harbor

May 23, 2017 ·  
Beginning just before 0800 on December 7th, 1941, the world changed. Families lost loved ones, people across the United States were stunned, and tensions in the Pacific exploded. While the world soon felt the effects of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the most directly affected region was undoubtedly Hawaii. Once it was understood that a foreign […]
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Why Pearl Harbor Didn't Succeed

March 18, 2017 ·  
Strange as it may sound, it can quite reasonably be argued that Japan did not achieve a complete victory during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Considering what the intention was and what the long-term outcome wound up being, though the United States can’t be called a victor, neither can Japan’s forces. Simply stated, Pearl Harbor […]
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Why Pearl Harbor Didn't Succeed

March 18, 2017 ·  
Strange as it may sound, it can quite reasonably be argued that Japan did not achieve a complete victory during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Considering what the intention was and what the long-term outcome wound up being, though the United States can’t be called a victor, neither can Japan’s forces. Simply stated, Pearl Harbor […]
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Heroes of the Harbor: Ray Chavez

March 16, 2017 ·  
At over 100 years old, Pearl Harbor’s oldest living veteran has shown less wear-and-tear than the machinery that served and survived the infamous Japanese attack. In March of 2016, Pearl Harbor hero Ray Chavez celebrated his 104th birthday, but instead of gorging on cake and taking it easy, the vet was pumping iron at a […]
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Heroes of the Harbor: Ray Chavez

March 16, 2017 ·  
At over 100 years old, Pearl Harbor’s oldest living veteran has shown less wear-and-tear than the machinery that served and survived the infamous Japanese attack. In March of 2016, Pearl Harbor hero Ray Chavez celebrated his 104th birthday, but instead of gorging on cake and taking it easy, the vet was pumping iron at a […]
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What If America Hadn’t Dropped the Atom Bombs?

March 14, 2017 ·  
As we learn more and more about the Second World War, we begin to see that some things we were initially taught may not be completely accurate. For instance, it’s widely believed that Japan only surrendered due to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but the reality is that the two atom bombs may have […]
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What If America Hadn’t Dropped the Atom Bombs?

March 14, 2017 ·  
As we learn more and more about the Second World War, we begin to see that some things we were initially taught may not be completely accurate. For instance, it’s widely believed that Japan only surrendered due to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but the reality is that the two atom bombs may have […]
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Heroes of the Harbor: Peter Tomich

March 08, 2017 ·  
The United States is an incredibly diverse land, home to people of dozens of ethnicities who are just as proud of their new  country as people who were born and raised here. This sense of nationalism among immigrants isn’t a new concept to the US, and if there was ever a story that illustrates this, it’s […]
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Heroes of the Harbor: Peter Tomich

March 08, 2017 ·  
The United States is an incredibly diverse land, home to people of dozens of ethnicities who are just as proud of their new  country as people who were born and raised here. This sense of nationalism among immigrants isn’t a new concept to the US, and if there was ever a story that illustrates this, it’s […]
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The King and the USS Arizona Memorial

March 06, 2017 ·  
Upkeep for any sort of National Monument or government-sanctioned memorial is typically not an inexpensive proposition. From paying employees to keeping up the maintenance on the many attractions and exhibits, a place like the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument requires plenty of capital to keep running. Even more costly than the […]
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