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Shigekazu Shimazaki: Leading the Second Wave

May 30, 2018 ·

In September of 1941, 33-year-old Lt. Cmdr. Shigekazu Shimazaki was assigned to be the equipping officer of the aircraft carrier Zuikaku, which had been commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy just days prior. It was in this capacity that he and his ship, together with the rest of Japan's First Air Fleet, set sail towards […]

Mal Middlesworth: Still Telling His Story

May 29, 2018 ·

He was only one month shy of graduating when Mal Middlesworth enlisted with the United States Marine Corps, leaving behind his family and his high school sweetheart, JoJean Ciraulo. It wasn’t an easy decision to make, and it turned out to be one that would change his life forever. In April 1941 he enlisted, and […]

Ships of Pearl Harbor: USS Shaw

May 28, 2018 ·

In the history books, chapters about the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor are often accompanied by an iconic image: the explosion of a ship taken from a distance. The ship in the image is the destroyer USS Shaw (DD-373). The snapshot was taken just as fires ignited when she was hit by three […]

Touring the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park

May 25, 2018 ·

One of the most popular sites at Pearl Harbor is located right next to the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center. In addition to an impressive vessel, it features are both indoor and outdoor exhibits, as well as a waterfront memorial to the 52 submarines and over 3500 men who perished during World War II. Read on […]

Ray Chavez: Still On Duty at 106

May 24, 2018 ·

One might expect that, at 106 years old, Pearl Harbor survivor Ray Chavez would be ready to retire from being a public figure. But for the oldest known Pearl Harbor survivor, that duty to the public never ends. Recently, a flight the veteran was on made a stopover in Wichita, KS. There, Chavez was met […]

Other Targets: Schofield Barracks

May 24, 2018 ·

When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, their main objective was to decimate US naval power in the Pacific by destroying the the battleships moored along Battleship Row. In order to achieve this aim, they also needed to neutralize any potential American counterattack. That meant taking out the airfields scattered across Oahu. […]

Was the Attack on Pearl Harbor Illegal?

May 22, 2018 ·

Causing the deaths of 2,403 individuals would in most cases be considered illegal without question. In times of war, however, the rules can be a bit murkier. In the Pacific Theater, over 100,000 Americans died in battle, but these deaths weren’t war crimes. They were the tragic but expected product of a conflict that was […]

Ships of Pearl Harbor: USS Tennessee

May 22, 2018 ·

On April 30, 1919, a new battleship class was launched. Named for its lead ship, the Tennessee-class offered more robust protection from enemy torpedoes as well as fire-control systems for both primary and secondary gun batteries. USS Tennessee (BB-43) and her sister ship, USS California (BB-44), were the first to be designed to shoot over […]

Beyond Torpedoes and Bombs: What is Strafing?

May 20, 2018 ·

When learning about the details of the morning of December 7, 1941, when the Imperial Japanese Navy launched a surprise attack on the United States Naval Base in Oahu, the focus is usually on the devastation caused by the bombs and torpedoes dropped by the attackers on the ships of Pearl Harbor. But there was […]

Cornelia Fort Honored with Museum Exhibit

May 18, 2018 ·

The life and work of inadvertent Pearl Harbor participant Cornelia Fort have earned recognition more than 76 years later with the dedication of a plane and accompanying exhibit at the Chico Air Museum in Chico, CA in her honor. In 1943, Cornelia Clark Fort was killed just south of Merkel, TX in Mulberry Canyon in […]

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Shigekazu Shimazaki: Leading the Second Wave

Mal Middlesworth: Still Telling His Story

Ships of Pearl Harbor: USS Shaw

Touring the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park

Ray Chavez: Still On Duty at 106

Other Targets: Schofield Barracks

Was the Attack on Pearl Harbor Illegal?

Ships of Pearl Harbor: USS Tennessee

Beyond Torpedoes and Bombs: What is Strafing?

Cornelia Fort Honored with Museum Exhibit

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