by Andrew McKinley | Jul 4, 2016 | Before The Attack, U.S. Leaders
24 hours with the President As far as President Franklin D. Roosevelt knew when he woke up on December 7, 1941, the negotiations between the United States and the Empire of Japan still held a hope of averting war between the nations. The talks were beginning to...
by Andrew McKinley | Jun 2, 2016 | Before The Attack
How we almost knew about the Pearl Harbor attack before it happened. If U.S. planes hadn’t been coming in the same morning… If they would have had more practice using radar technology… If they had known about the Japanese submarine that had been spotted…...
by Andrew McKinley | May 27, 2016 | Attack of Pearl Harbor, Pacific Aviation Museum
Most Americans know that attacking Japanese planes surprised Pearl Harbor early in the morning of December 7, 1941, but not nearly as many people know about the Americans who took to the skies that morning. That weekend, Sgt. Henry C. Blackwell, Cpl. Clyde C. Brown,...
by Andrew McKinley | Apr 19, 2016 | Before The Attack
On Saturday night, December 6, 1941, a rousing musical competition, the Battle of Music, entertained many U.S. sailors and their guests in the Bloch Arena at the Pearl Harbor Naval Station. Twenty-one-member bands were competing in the semi-finals to see who would...
