The Other Yamamoto – An American Hero
May 7, 2018In 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... Read More
After The Attack
America’s Revenge on Yamamoto
April 20, 2018On April 18, 1943, the United States finally got its revenge on the man responsible for the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor seventeen months previously. Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto had been... Read More
The Effects of War: Martial Law in Hawaii
August 18, 2017In the immediate aftermath of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, while the rest of the United States was gearing up for the great fight against... Read More
The Bell of the USS Vestal
August 14, 2017Relics of war pop up in some unexpected places, carried from one end of the world to the other, sometimes by ocean currents or other forces of nature, and sometimes... Read More
How Pearl Harbor Changed the World
August 11, 2017After Germany’s invasion of Poland in 1939, the United States opted to remain isolated from the conflict in Europe. As the British and French struggled to fight back the Nazi... Read More
Japan Since Pearl Harbor: How a Nation Changed Its Views
June 2, 2017At the time, it was a necessary action to solidify expansion through Asia and the Pacific. With the United States standing as a potential threat and roadblock, Japan would be... Read More
America After the Attack
March 28, 2017It didn’t take long for the attack on Pearl Harbor to change the United States in major ways. An overwhelming amount of support for joining World War II echoed throughout... Read More
Those Left Behind: Why So Many Fallen Men Remain On Board Their Ship
December 5, 2016On December 7, 1941, 1,999 sailors, 233 soldiers, 109 marines, and 49 civilians lost their lives when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. The attack occurred early in the morning, around breakfast time,... Read More
The Harsh World War II POW Camps
November 15, 2016The movie Unbroken followed the heroic story of Louis Zamperini from a rambunctious youth through his meteoric Olympic rise before joining the US Army Air Forces in time for World... Read More
How Did the Allies Win WWII?
November 13, 2016From September 1st, 1939 to September 2nd, 1945, most of the world was engaged in a large-scale skirmish that claimed the lives of over 60 million people. The two warring... Read More
Battle of Midway
November 10, 2016Pearl Harbor was the opening salvo in the battle for the Pacific. By using a surprise attack, the Japanese had hopes of crippling the United States Navy in port. Prior... Read More
The Recovery – Rebuilding Pearl Harbor
October 27, 2016“The Japanese specifically chose to attack on a Sunday because they believed Americans would be more relaxed and thus less alert on a weekend.” ~ Jennifer Rosenberg, historian It was... Read More
The Aftermath – Pearl Harbor after the attack
October 22, 2016By the time the people at Pearl Harbor had the chance to come to terms with what had happened on December 7, 1941, there was no doubt that the aftermath... Read More
The Women of Pearl Harbor
October 17, 2016“It was then that I realized how important women can be in a war-torn world.” These were the words written by Honolulu Star-Bulletin reporter Elizabeth (Betty) McIntosh, who was working... Read More
How Much of the Film Pearl Harbor is Accurate?
April 28, 2016The 2001 film Pearl Harbor was met with a mixed reception at the time of its release. Although it was the most expensive movie ever filmed up to then, critics considered it... Read More
Lieutenant-General Walter C. Short and Pearl Harbor
February 1, 2016Many historians feel conflicted when discussing Lieutenant-General Walter C. Short. He was the man in charge of Pearl Harbor's defense, and on December 7, 1941, his career abruptly ended as Japanese... Read More
Wheeler Army Airfield: Then and Now
January 31, 2016When the Japanese made their plans to bomb Pearl Harbor, they planned to go after more than just the harbor itself. .They had three other targets in mind: Hickman Airfield, Ford... Read More
Kermit Tyler and the Big Pearl Harbor Oversight
January 27, 2016On the morning of December 7, 1941, First Lieutenant Kermit Tyler of the U.S. Air Force went to work like everyone else. He was stationed at Pearl Harbor's radar information center... Read More
After the Attack on Pearl Harbor
January 28, 2012After the attack on Pearl Harbor, several things happened. On the isolated island of Nihau, a Japanese plane, crippled in the attack crash landed. A native Hawaiian disarmed the pilot... Read More
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