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Pearl Harbor Sites in Chronological Order

February 07, 2020 · Chris 
Pearl Harbor tours are planned out with predetermined itineraries based on each site's location rather than a historical timeline. If you consider the Pearl Harbor sites in chronological order, each one has its place in the timeline of the Pearl Harbor attack and the history of World War II and beyond. The Pearl Harbor Visitor […]
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Wai Momi: Pearl Harbor and the Native Hawaiians

October 04, 2019 ·  
Most people associate the name Pearl Harbor with one event - the surprise attack by the Japanese that drew America into World War II. December 7, 1941, certainly became “a date which will live in infamy,” as President Roosevelt predicted. But what most people don’t consider is that Pearl Harbor existed long before that fateful […]
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History's Not Your Thing. Visit Pearl Harbor Anyway.

January 28, 2019 ·  
Not everyone is an American history buff. Or any history, for that matter. World History may not have been your strongest subject and you’ve yet to spend more than five minutes watching a History Channel special. Does that mean you shouldn’t bother visiting the historic sites at Pearl Harbor when you're visiting Hawaii? Not at […]
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Where is Pearl Harbor?

April 20, 2014 · Randy Miller
On December 7th, 1941, the US was drawn into WWII after Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Empire of Japan. News quickly reached people throughout the United States.  Many of them consulted maps and asked, "Where is Pearl Harbor?" Understandably so, Pearl Harbor is located over 2500 miles from the United States mainland on the Island […]
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After the Attack on Pearl Harbor

January 29, 2012 · Randy Miller
After 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 of this plane. A message was quickly sent to the island of Kauai requesting assistance. While being held, the pilot of the plane convinced a […]
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Pearl Harbor History

December 18, 2011 · Randy Miller
Before the Attack While Pearl Harbor is most known for the attack that occurred on December 7th, 1941, it has always had an interesting history. At one time there were abundant pearls, shark gods and was nicknamed the “island of attraction”. The English ship Butterworth, under Captain William Brown, entered Honolulu Harbor in 1793. Captain […]
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Pearl Harbor Timeline

August 18, 2011 · Randy Miller
1931–32 Japan establishes the puppet state of Manchuria   1933 March 25 Japan withdrew from League of Nations   1936 November 25 Japan signs Anti-Comintern Pact with Germany December 2 - Yamamoto begins forging the naval air arm into a modern weapon.   1937 July 7 Japan begins general attack on China; known as the […]
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