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NORTH ARABIAN SEA (Nov. 11, 2007) The Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine USS Miami (SSN 755) surfaces in the North Arabian Sea during an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) exercise with the Enterprise Carrier Strike Group. The three-day, multi-unit exercise is aimed at enhancing the strike group's ASW capabilities. Miami is underway on a scheduled deployment as part of the Kearsarge Expeditionary Strike Group. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Scott Miller (RELEASED), U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Scott Miller, <http://www.navy.mil/view_image.asp?id=52742> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:PD_US_Navy
How and Why Japan Didn’t Succeed at Pearl Harbor
How and Why Japan Didn’t Succeed at Pearl Harbor is a question that reveals the surprising limitations of what is often considered a massive victory for Japan. The attack on [...]
More Facts About Pearl Harbor You May Not Know
More Facts About Pearl Harbor You May Not Know—this pivotal event in American history is widely studied and remembered, but there are still hidden gems about the attack that many [...]
More Facts About Pearl Harbor You May Not Know
More Facts About Pearl Harbor You May Not Know—this pivotal event in American history is widely studied and remembered, but there are still hidden gems about the attack that many [...]
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65) underway in the Atlantic Ocean on 14 June 2004. Enterprise, with assigned Carrier Wing 1 (CVW-1), was deployed to the Atlantic Ocean from 3 June to 23 July 2004. During this deployment, she was one of seven aircraft carriers involved in exercise "Summer Pulse 2004". "Summer Pulse 2004" was a simultaneous deployment of seven aircraft carrier strike groups (CSGs) in five theaters with other U.S., allied, and coalition military forces. "Summer Pulse" was the U.S. Navy's first deployment under its (then) new "Fleet Response Plan (FRP)", U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Rob Gaston, <http://www.navy.mil/view_image.asp?id=15091> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:PD_US_Navy
How Weather Affected Pearl Harbor
How Weather Affected Pearl Harbor is a fascinating aspect of history that often gets overshadowed by the broader narratives of the infamous attack. The events of December 7, 1941, were [...]
Albert L. Kaiss, Last Commander of the Mighty Mo, Dies at 78
Albert L. Kaiss, the last commanding officer of USS Missouri (BB-63), passed away on July 25, 2018, at the age of 78 in his hometown of Hagerstown, Maryland. As the [...]
Chuichi Nagumo, Vice Admiral IJN
Chuichi Nagumo, Vice Admiral IJN was a key figure in the attack on Pearl Harbor, despite his initial opposition to the operation. As commander of the carrier-centered Mobile Force (Kido [...]
A Japanese-American internment center. Description: This assembly center has been open for two days. Only one mess hall was operating today. Photograph shows line-up of newly arrived evacuees outside of this mess hall at noon. Tanforan Assembly Center. San Bruno, CA, April 29, 1942. Dorothea Lange, Dorothea Lange, <http://bill.ballpaul.net/iaph/main.php?g2_itemId=1187> PD
Japanese Internment: A People Locked Away
Japanese Internment: A People Locked Away was a dark chapter in American history, where thousands of Japanese Americans were forcibly removed from their homes and imprisoned in internment camps. For [...]
The Harsh World War II POW Camps
The Harsh World War II POW Camps tell the harrowing tales of the brave soldiers who endured unimaginable suffering during World War II. The movie Unbroken immortalized the heroic journey [...]
Notable Letters From Pearl Harbor
Notable Letters From Pearl Harbor capture the raw emotions, firsthand experiences, and historical significance of one of the most devastating days in American history—December 7, 1941. In an era [...]
The decommissioned U.S. Navy Fletcher-class destroyer USS Cassin Young (DD-793) moored at the Charlestown Naval Shipyard, Boston, Massachusetts (USA), in 1987. The Cassin Young is a memorial ship maintained by the U.S. National Park Service and honours Captain Cassin Young, who earned the Medal of Honor during the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. He was later killed during a surface action with Japanese forces at the Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942, Don S. Montgomery, USN, <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/National_Archives_and_Records_Administration>
The USS Cassin: Pearl Harbor and Beyond
The USS Cassin (DD-372) was a Mahan-class destroyer that had a remarkable journey, starting from its destruction at Pearl Harbor to its eventual return to the battlefield in World War [...]
Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the Japanese Government, on board USS Missouri (BB-63), 2 September 1945. Lieutenant General Richard K. Sutherland, U.S. Army, watches from the opposite side of the table. Foreign Ministry representative Toshikazu Kase is assisting Mr. Shigemitsu, Army Signal Corps photographer LT. Stephen E. Korpanty, <http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/s200000/s213700c.htm> PD-USGov-Military-Navy
Victory Over Japan Day(s)
On the morning of December 7, 1941, the world changed forever when a formidable Japanese strike force launched a devastating attack on Pearl Harbor. With bombs and torpedoes raining down [...]
Pearl Harbor – Waking the Sleeping Giant
Looking back at the history of World War II, particularly the attack on Pearl Harbor, one phrase often stands out: "awaken the sleeping giant." This powerful expression encapsulates the unintended [...]
