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Oahu Pearl Harbor Tours

October 28, 2013 · Randy Miller

Pearl Harbor is located on the Island of Oahu, so it stands to reason that most tours are Oahu Pearl Harbor Tours. Honolulu is the city and county located on Oahu. The majority of visitors to Oahu stay in hotels in the Waikiki Beach area of Honolulu. Waikiki is where most of the Oahu Pearl […]

Pearl Harbor Memorial

October 15, 2013 · Randy Miller

The number one site for visitors to Oahu is Pearl Harbor. People from around the world visit the Pearl Harbor Memorial to remember a day that changed the world forever. Pearl Harbor actually hosts more than just the Arizona Memorial. It is host to the Battleship Missouri Memorial, the USS Oklahoma Memorial, and the USS […]

Admiral Kimmel, Husband E.

September 02, 2013 · Randy Miller

In February of 1941, Admiral Husband E. Kimmel became the commander-in-chief of the US Pacific Fleet. The Pacific Fleet had been moved to Pearl Harbor in 1940. Admiral Kimmel, shortly after being placed in this command expressed his concern about a surprise attack. He did not, however, make any apparent changes to prepare for such […]

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

August 18, 2013 · Randy Miller

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto was the key strategist of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Although he had serious reservations about a war with the United States, as Admiral he had a responsibility. The air raid of Pearl Harbor was his idea. The Pearl Harbor attack was considered tactically brilliant, while at the same time strategically foolish. The strategy […]

Chuichi Nagumo, Vice Admiral IJN

August 18, 2013 · Randy Miller

Despite the fact that he was opposed to the attack on Pearl harbor, Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo was in command of the carrier-centered Mobile Force (Kido Butai). The task force was made up of 6 carriers, 2 battleships, 3 cruisers, and 9 destroyers. His forces were split into three carrier commands: Nagumo: carriers Akagi and […]

Battleship Missouri

July 25, 2013 · Randy Miller

Nicknamed the “Mighty Mo”, the USS Missouri is perhaps the world’s most famous battleship. She is the biggest and one of the last to retire. She is best known as the site of the Japanese surrender ending World War II. However, a younger generation might be more familiar with her acting roles in the movie […]

Pearl Harbor Survivors and Stories

July 18, 2013 · Randy Miller

To those who served our armed forces and experienced the dreadful attack on Pearl Harbor: We salute you. Your stories are important and we hope that by posting your stories we help everyone to Remember Pearl Harbor. Many of our brave Pearl Harbor Survivors are no longer with us. It is our duty to keep […]

Kido Butai - Japanese Carrier-Centered Mobile Force

April 18, 2013 · Randy Miller

Kido Butai is the name of the Japanese strike force that attacked Pearl Harbor. The name Kido Butai literally means "mobile force". The naval feat of sending Kido Butai undetected across the Pacific to within 230 miles of Oahu is an incredible story. The concept of employing Kido Butai to preemptively attack the US Pacific […]

Learning Pearl Harbor: What was the Kido Butai?

April 18, 2013 · Jason Alghussein

Formally known as the First Air Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy, kido butai—meaning "mobile force"— was the strike force that attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The astonishing feat of sending this huge, carrier-based force undetected across the Pacific to within 230 miles of the island of Oahu is an incredible story. An Enormous Gamble […]

The Best Way to Visit Pearl Harbor

April 07, 2013 · Randy Miller

Those of us who work at Pearl Harbor know that the best way to visit is by taking an authorized tour. We are often reminded of this when we see people who did not take an official tour and regret it because one of the following things happens: Some people are dropped off-site because unauthorized […]

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Learning Pearl Harbor: What was the Kido Butai?

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