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The Other Yamamoto – An American Hero

May 07, 2018 ·

In 1936, Fred Yamamoto graduated from Palo Alto High School with a bright future ahead of him. The young man kept a diary that he wrote in often, jotting down his scattered thoughts as he went about enjoying his final years as a teenager. Five years after graduating, Fred turned to his diary again, this […]

Glenn Tipton, USS Oklahoma Sailor, Identified

May 05, 2018 ·

The mission of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) to exhume and identify unknown remains from the sinking of the USS Oklahoma (BB-37) continues to reunite families with their long-lost relatives. During the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the United States suffered the loss of 2,403 lives. Many ships and aircraft were […]

Wreckage of Japanese Destroyer Isokaze Located

May 04, 2018 ·

The Japanese 1st Air Fleet, or kido butai, that attacked Pearl Harbor was made up of six aircraft carriers escorted by a full complement of battleships, cruisers, tankers, and destroyers. In the long and bloody war that followed, most of those ships were lost. Among them was the destroyer Isokaze, whose wreckage was recently located. In 2016, […]

Ships of Pearl Harbor: USS Avocet

May 03, 2018 ·

On September 17, 1918, the USS Avocet was commissioned as a Lapwing-class minesweeper with the hull designation (AM-19). For seven years, she maintained this designation, sailing under the command of Lieutenant Christian Crone. In that seven-year span, Avocet took part in multiple tests and exercises, but never saw any combat. It wasn’t until years after […]

Pearl Harbor Survivor Elmer Luckett Dies at 97

May 03, 2018 ·

“We noticed a lot of black smoke coming off of Ford Island, and just about that time, the Japanese started attacking Battleship Row,” Elmer Luckett recalled during a 2017 interview with radio station KMOX in St. Louis, MO. Realizing that Pearl Harbor was under attack was a memory he would never forget. Serving aboard the […]

Planning Guide for Visiting Pearl Harbor

May 02, 2018 ·

Pearl Harbor is an iconic location, a major piece of the history of not just Hawaii, but of the United States and the world. The December 7, 1941 attack changed the United States forever, forcing it into a war that would transform it into the global power we know it as today. Visiting Pearl Harbor […]

Childhood Memories of Pearl Harbor

May 02, 2018 · Jason Alghussein

Their combined age at the time was barely old enough to enlist. Still, Pat Campbell and Jimmy Lee had front row seats for one of the most devastating events in American history. Here are some of their memories of Pearl Harbor and the attack that changed the course of history. The best way to remember […]

Ships of Pearl Harbor: USS Bagley

April 30, 2018 ·

To have a US Navy ship named in one's honor is a great achievement. One American naval officer had four. Ensign Worth Bagley was killed during the Spanish-American War, in 1898, and the third ship named for him, the destroyer USS Bagley (DD-386), was present at Pearl Harbor on the morning of December 7, 1941. Ensign […]

The Morning of Pearl Harbor – Battle of Hong Kong

April 27, 2018 ·

On the morning of December 7, 1941, the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor fell victim to a surprise Japanese attack. The assault would go down in history as one of the worst foreign attacks ever launched against the United States. Though this attack stunned an unprepared United States, it wasn't Japan's only target […]

USS Bowfin – 75 Years, 9 Million Visitors Later

April 26, 2018 ·

In late April, 2018, the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park welcomed its nine millionth visitor, a milestone that proves the world hasn't forgotten the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor and the war that followed. Guest number nine million was part of a family who came all the way from Australia, and the […]

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The Other Yamamoto – An American Hero

Glenn Tipton, USS Oklahoma Sailor, Identified

Wreckage of Japanese Destroyer Isokaze Located

Ships of Pearl Harbor: USS Avocet

Pearl Harbor Survivor Elmer Luckett Dies at 97

Planning Guide for Visiting Pearl Harbor

Childhood Memories of Pearl Harbor

Ships of Pearl Harbor: USS Bagley

The Morning of Pearl Harbor – Battle of Hong Kong

USS Bowfin – 75 Years, 9 Million Visitors Later

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