National Dec 8, 2018
Pearl Harbor survivor and U.S. Navy veteran recalls 1941 attack
Retired U.S. Navy Cmdr. Don Long was alone on an anchored military seaplane in the middle of a bay across the island from Pearl Harbor when Japanese warplanes started striking Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941, watching from afar as the attack that killed and ...
National Dec 8, 2018
About 20 survivors gathered at Pearl Harbor on Friday to pay tribute to the thousands of people lost in the Japanese attack 77 years ago. They joined dignitaries, active duty troops and members of the public in observing a moment of silence at 7:55 a.m., ...
National / History Jul 23, 2018
Tojo was convinced of victory before Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, newly unearthed memo shows
by Reiji Yoshida
Just hours before the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Prime Minister Gen. Hideki Tojo was “perfectly relieved” and “tipsy,” convinced Japan would win against the United States.
National / History Jun 20, 2018
U.S. sailors honor Pearl Harbor survivor during one last visit
Ray Emory survived the early morning surprise attack on Pearl Harbor that killed nearly 2,400 servicemen nearly 80 years ago. The 97-year-old never forgot those who died that day, spending the past few decades doggedly pushing for the remains of those buried as unknowns to ...
National / History Dec 8, 2017
Pearl Harbor survivors remember comrades killed in Japanese attack 76 years ago
Survivors gathered Thursday at the site of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor to remember fellow servicemen killed in the early morning raid 76 years ago, paying homage to the thousands who died with a solemn ceremony marking the surprise bombing raid that plunged ...
National Dec 8, 2017
Trump invites WWII vets to White House and signs proclamation marking Pearl Harbor Day
President Donald Trump mingled with World War II veterans at the White House on Thursday as he signed a proclamation marking the annual National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. Congress designated Dec. 7 National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day in August 1994 . Half a dozen veterans of ...
National Sep 22, 2017
Hiroshima A-bomb exhibit planned at USS Arizona Memorial to mark 75th anniversary of war
An exhibition to convey the horror of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima is likely to be held at the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor in 2020 to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the war, the Hiroshima Municipal Government said. A-bomb exhibitions ...
National Jan 29, 2017
Navy salvage diver who recovered those who fell at Pearl Harbor dies at 103
Ken Hartle, who as a navy diver during World War II had the grim task of retrieving bodies from ships sunk by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor, has died. He was 103. Hartle died Tuesday afternoon at an Escondido, California, center for people with Alzheimer's ...
National / Media Jan 7, 2017
Inada's Yasukuni visit sinks Pearl Harbor gesture
by Jeff Kingston
If Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meant what he said about the "power of reconciliation" on his Dec. 27 visit to Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, he should sack Defense Minister Tomomi Inada who visited Yasukuni Shrine two days later. If he does nothing, then his ...
National Jan 5, 2017
Using images from World War II, Publisher Takarajimasha Inc. on Thursday placed an ad in five major Japanese newspapers calling for world peace. The two-page ads used full-page photos of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Japan's 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor with ...
National Dec 30, 2016
U.S. officials have reacted negatively to Defense Minister Tomomi Inada's visit Thursday to a controversial war-linked shrine just after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to Pearl Harbor with U.S. President Barack Obama. "We continue to emphasize the importance of approaching historical legacy issues in a ...