Under a warm Oahu sun, with the tranquil, teal waters of Pearl Harbor behind them, former enemies came together Tuesday to acknowledge the tremendous loss caused by the Japanese attack on U.S.

U.S. Navy Fireman 1st Class Edward D. Bowden was aboard the USS California when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, military officials said.

On the quiet morning of December 7, 1941, light cruiser USS St. Louis lay anchored at Pearl Harbor, her crew preparing for a ...

In 1941, it seemed to many in Japan that war against the United States was inevitable. Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet, had opposed Japan’s alliance with Germany and ...

It’s a day seared into America’s collective memory: December 7, 1941. The day Imperial Japanese warplanes launched a devastating surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, sinking or damaging 19 US Navy ...

Roberto Garcia, a Navy seaman, was killed aboard the USS California when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. After nearly 84 years, his remains have finally returned to his Texas home.

The surprise attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7th, 1941, brought the United States into World War II. Although the American Navy was badly damaged, the U.S. achieved complete dominance ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — For cultural and historical ironies and complexities, it is hard to beat the Navy’s court of inquiry into the sinking of a Japanese fishing vessel by a nuclear-powered U.S.

On December 8, 1941, the US garrison on Wake Island awoke to news of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Japan's destruction of the US Pacific Fleet meant Wake Island was on its own against Japan's ...

Takuma Melber (translated by Nick Somers), Pearl Harbor: Japan’s Attack and America’s Entry into World War II (Polity Press, 2020). Although there’s no shortage of hot takes and policy ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: That no one ever found the Ha-16’s torpedoes gave rise to the theory that the midget submarine might have successfully torpedoed the battleship USS Oklahoma. The USS ...