by Mark LoProto | Nov 13, 2018 | After The Attack, Allied Forces, History, Japanese Forces, Pacific Theater, World War II
Today, you don’t hear much about the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific. They’re a popular tourist destination, but otherwise they aren’t at the top of most people’s minds. During the early 1940s, though, the situation was very different. The Solomon...
by Mark LoProto | Oct 3, 2018 | After The Attack, Learning Pearl Harbor, Pearl Harbor News, Pearl Harbor Photos, USS Arizona Memorial
Since the morning of December 7, 1941, they’ve been slowly leaking from the cracked hull of USS Arizona (BB-39), rising to create pools that float on the surface of Pearl Harbor. From the USS Arizona Memorial, visitors can see the so-called Black Tears of USS Arizona...
by Mark LoProto | Aug 10, 2018 | After The Attack, WWII in America
All across the United States, reactions to Pearl Harbor varied from one individual to the next. There were those terrified by it and worried that it foreshadowed a possible attack on the mainland. Some wondered whether the United States had known about the attack...
by Mark LoProto | Jun 2, 2018 | After The Attack, Civilians, WWII in America
The worst case scenario wasn’t an impossible one: in the wake of the Pearl Harbor attack, Japan would invade Hawaii, overrun it, and use it as a launching point for an attack on the US mainland. As much as the United States was preparing itself to repel such an...
by Mark LoProto | May 22, 2018 | After The Attack, Japanese Leaders, World War II
Causing the deaths of 2,403 individuals would in most cases be considered illegal without question. In times of war, however, the rules can be a bit murkier. In the Pacific Theater, over 100,000 Americans died in battle, but these deaths weren’t war crimes. They were...
by Jerry Peterson | May 14, 2018 | After The Attack, Learning Pearl Harbor, U.S. Leaders, WWII in America
Almost from the moment the Japanese planes returned to their ships after their devastating attack on Pearl Harbor, there were all kinds of conspiracy theories about how they could have pulled off such a large operation that took the United States by complete...
