by Mark LoProto | Sep 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
USS St. Louis (CL-49), a Brooklyn-class light cruiser, was launched on April 15, 1938 and commissioned into the US Navy on May 19, 1939. She was the fifth ship of the Navy to bear the name of the Midwestern city. After her initial shakedown, completed in October of...
by Mark LoProto | Aug 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
For most people, coming to Oahu to visit Pearl Harbor is something that requires a lot of planning. It’s also not cheap. The flights tend to be long and costly; preparations and packing can be time consuming; and scrolling through dozens of different tour...
by Mark LoProto | Jun 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
Cassin Young was already an American hero when his life was tragically cut short during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. Just under a year earlier, on the morning of December 7, 1941, the 47-year-old captain was stationed at Pearl Harbor when the Imperial Japanese...
by Mark LoProto | May 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
During a visit to Pearl Harbor, there’s no shortage of opportunities to memorialize and honor the over 2400 Americans who died on December 7, 1941. From the USS Arizona Memorial program, which is included in all Pearl Harbor tours, to the USS Oklahoma Memorial,...
by Jerry Peterson | Aug 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
Ray Emory, a Pearl Harbor survivor who spent many years advocating on behalf of the men killed aboard USS Oklahoma (BB-37) whose remains were never identified, has died at the age of 97. Mr. Emory had recently moved from his long-time home in Hawaii to live with his...
by Mark LoProto | Sep 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
The American reaction to Pearl Harbor is not surprising. Fear mixed with shock and anger led to a readiness to enter the Second World War, ending the isolationism that had been US policy up to that point. Across the Atlantic, however, reactions were less predictable....
