Mahaffey's remarkable journey of survival did not end there. Not only did he survive the bombing of the USS Oklahoma, he ...

Navy photo of the USS Ward’s Number Three Gun and its crew. They were Minnesota reservists credited with firing the first ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — Bob Fernandez thought he’d go dancing and see the world when he joined the U.S. Navy as a 17-year-old high school student in August 1941. Four months later, he ...

Excerpts from the report of the Commission headed by Associate Justice Roberts which investigated and fixed the blame for the disaster at Pearl Harbor ... air bombing attack; 2) air torpedo ...

In the first two days after the bombing, a civilian crew from the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard rescued 32 men trapped inside the Oklahoma by cutting holes in its hull. But many others perished.

Beginning in 1940, before Pearl Harbor, scientific knowledge useful ... would be out of reach of enemy bombing, while at that time Britain was exposed to constant air attack and was still ...

A recent Netflix movie shines a light on the Six Triple Eight. It was the only predominantly Black Women's Army Corps unit stationed in Europe during World War II. The women were from all over the ...

6, 2024 3:05 p.m. | Friday, Sept. 6, 2024 3:05 p.m. A Pittsburgh-area family whose distant relative died in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, was at the reinterment this week of ...

It was 81 years ago today, the Empire of Japan attacked Pearl Harbor Naval Base ... one hour after Japanese air squadrons had commenced bombing in Oahu, the Japanese ambassador to the United ...

Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam combines two historic bases into a single joint installation to support both Air Force and Navy missions, along with our tenant commands, and all our service members ...

In the lead up to the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, a US soldier, stationed in Hawaii, seduces his captain's wife. Meanwhile, the captain makes life hell for a young private who refuses to box for ...

As the site of the surprise attack that spurred America's entrance into World War II, Pearl Harbor is one of the most significant places in U.S. history and today, one of the most visited.