Monday, November 30, 2026

New Orleans, LA

Arrive Louis Armstrong International Airport (MSY) / Private transfer to the hotel / Lunch on own / Screening of Beyond All Boundaries / Welcome Reception and Lecture by Jonathan Parshall / Welcome Dinner

Accommodations: Higgins Hotel & Conference Center, Curio Collection by Hilton (R, D)

Tuesday, December 1, 2026

New Orleans, LA

Early-access tour of the Campaigns of Courage: Road to Tokyo Gallery / Curator’s Collection: Out of the Vault Museum Experience / Lunch and Lecture / Afternoon and Evening on your own.

Accommodations Higgins Hotel & Conference Center, Curio Collection by Hilton (B, L)

Wednesday, December 2, 2026

New Orleans, LA

Guided tour of Arsenal of Democracy Gallery / Kushner Restoration Pavilion and PT-305 / Group Lunch / Private Streetcar Tour on St. Charles Avenue / Evening on your own.

Accommodations Higgins Hotel & Conference Center, Curio Collection by Hilton (B, L)

Thursday, December 3, 2026 

New Orleans, LA

Guided tour of Liberation Pavilion / Freedom Theater / Lunch on own and free afternoon / Farewell to New Orleans dinner at Antoine’s with special guest Henry Sledge.

Accommodations Higgins Hotel & Conference Center, Curio Collection by Hilton (B, R, D)

Friday, December 4, 2026 

Transfer to Honolulu, HI

Flight from New Orleans to Honolulu / Check into the five-star Royal Hawaiian Hotel / Welcome Reception and Dinner on the Ocean Lawn.

Accommodations: The Royal Hawaiian Hotel (B, R, D)

Saturday, December 5, 2026

Honolulu, HI

Visit Fort DeRussy / Lunch on own / Optional visit to Iolani Palace / Reception and Lecture / Evening at Leisure.

Accommodations: The Royal Hawaiian Hotel (B, R)

Sunday, December 6, 2026

Honolulu, HI

Natsunoya Tea House / Ford Island / USS Oklahoma Memorial / USS Utah Memorial / Pacific Aviation Museum / Ford Island Control Tower / Evening at leisure.

Accommodations: The Royal Hawaiian Hotel (B, L)

Monday, December 7, 2026

Honolulu, HI

“A date which will live in infamy…” 85th Anniversary Ceremony at Pearl Harbor / USS Arizona Memorial / USS Bowfin / Group lunch / National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific - “Punchbowl Cemetery” / Lecture / Evening at leisure.

Accommodations: The Royal Hawaiian Hotel (B, L)

Tuesday, December 8, 2026

Honolulu, HI

Marine Corps Air Station Ewa / Schofield Barracks and the Tropic Lightning Museum / Wheeler Army Airfield / Hickam Field / Reception, Lecture and Farewell Dinner on the USS Missouri.

Accommodations: The Royal Hawaiian Hotel (B, L, R, D)

Wednesday, December 9, 2026

Departure

After breakfast, transfer from The Royal Hawaiian Hotel to the Honolulu International Airport for independent trips home or continue to the Battle for Peleliu post-tour. (B)

Optional Post-Tour Extension: The Battle for Peleliu

featuring James Scott

December 9–16, 2026 | 8 nights | Guam · Koror · Peleliu

Wednesday, December 9, 2026

Morning at leisure / 2:30 PM flight from HNL to GUM (flight not included, crosses international date line).

Thursday, December 10, 2026 

Guam 

Arrive to Guam at 6:50 PM (after crossing international date line) / Evening at Leisure.

Accommodations: Dusit Thani Guam 

Friday, December 11, 2026 

Guam 

Agat Beach / T. Stell Newman Visitor’s Center and Museum / Group Lunch at Fish Eye Guam / Asan Bay Overlook / Piti Guns / Reception at Dusit Thani.

Accommodations: Dusit Thani Guam (B, L, R) 

Saturday, December 12, 2026 

Guam 

Valley of the Latte Cultural Touring / Afternoon at Leisure / Lecture in Evening / Midnight Flight to Peleliu (flight night included, land early AM on December 13).

Accommodations: Palau Pacific Resort (B)

Sunday, December 13, 2026 

Palau 

Peleliu full day tour / Lecture at Godwin’s / Group Lunch Included / Reception at Palau Pacific Resort.

Accommodations: Palau Pacific Resort (B, L, R) 

Monday, December 14, 2026 

Palau 

Optional Rock Island or WWII Scuba Diving or day at Leisure.

Accommodations: Palau Pacific Resort (B) 

Tuesday, December 15, 2026 

Palau 

Peleliu full day tour / Group Lunch Included / Lecture at Palau Pacific Resort.

Accommodations: Palau Pacific Resort (B, L) 

Wednesday, December 16, 2025 

Palau 

Peleliu full day tour / Group Lunch Included / Farewell Reception and Dinner.

Accommodations: Palau Pacific Resort (B, L, R, D) 

Thursday, December 17, 2025 

Palau 

Koror Touring or Day at Leisure / 2:00 AM Flight Home 

Accommodations: Palau Pacific Resort (B)

• Travel with featured historians Jonathan Parshall (New Orleans), Richard Frank (Honolulu), James Scott (Closing Reception in Honolulu), and an Historian from the Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy
• Four (4) Nights at the Higgins Hotel & Conference Center
• Five (5) Nights at the Royal Hawaiian Pink Palace Hotel
• Included transfers to and from airports
• 9 Breakfasts, 5 Lunches, 4 Dinners, 4 Receptions, 4 Lectures
• Beer, wine, coffee, water, tea, and soft drinks at all included meals and receptions
• Personal listening devices on all included touring
• Entrance fees to all sites, museums, and attractions included in the itinerary
• Video oral history presentations from the Museum’s collections
• Private, air-conditioned motor coach transportation, including bottled water on excursions
• All airport transportation throughout program itinerary, including arrival transfer (Guam/ Saipan) and departure transfer (Guam) when arriving and departing on scheduled program dates*
• Gratuities to local guides, drivers, porters, and included meal service
• Informative map book, including battlefield maps and archival images to be used throughout your journey

*Airport transfers are included with additional hotel nights if booked through the Educational Travel Program

Pearl Harbor 85th Anniversary Tour Curated Reading & Viewing Guide

Books

• The Victors by Stephen Ambrose: From the Museum’s founder, a sweeping narrative of America’s WWII soldiers.
• Fire and Fortitude by John C. McManus: The US Army’s grueling fight across the Pacific in 1941–43.
• The Way It Was by Donald Goldstein & Katherine Dillon: Iconic photos from the attack on Pearl Harbor.
• Tower of Skulls by Richard B. Frank: Situates Pearl Harbor in the broader Pacific war.
• Pearl Harbor: The Verdict of History by Gordon W. Prange: A masterwork examining causes and controversies.
• Pearl Harbor: From Infamy to Greatness by Craig Nelson: Engaging modern retelling of December 7, 1944.
• At Dawn We Slept by Gordon W. Prange: Definitive narrative of the attack.
• Advance Force: Pearl Harbor by Burl Burlingame: How aviation shaped Oahu’s fate.
• Day of Infamy by Walter Lord: Still the classic eyewitness-driven account.
• Bataan: Our Last Ditch by John W. Whitman: Traces Pearl Harbor’s aftermath into the Philippines.
• A Democracy at War by William L. O’Neill: How Pearl Harbor reshaped the American Home Front.
• From Here to Eternity by James Jones: Novel that focuses on several members of a US Army infantry company stationed in Hawaii in the months leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
• Ghosts of Honolulu by Mark Harmon & Leon Carroll Jr.: A story about a Japanese spy, a Japanese American spy hunter, and the untold story of Pearl Harbor.

Watch

• The War (PBS): Acclaimed Ken Burns miniseries; Episode 1 shows Pearl Harbor’s impact on American towns.
• Victory at Sea: Classic WWII series; Episode 3 covers the Pearl Harbor strike.
• Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970): Most accurate feature film on Pearl Harbor.
• Pearl Harbor (2001): Hollywood epic, dramatized but well-known.
• Attack on Pearl Harbor: Minute by Minute (2021): Gripping docudrama.
• FDR’s “Day of Infamy” speech: Archival footage worth revisiting on YouTube.
• Pearl Harbor: Into the Arizona (PBS): Exploring the remains of BB-39.
• Greatest Events of WWII in Colour: Episode 1 offers a dynamic retelling of December 7.
• December 7th (1943): Director John Ford’s Academy Award–winning documentary.
• The Pacific (HBO): Episode 1 captures America’s reaction to Pearl Harbor.
• Attack on Pearl Harbor (National Geographic): Concise overview.
• From Here to Eternity (1953): Best Picture winner based on the novel.

Post-Tour Extension: The Battle for Peleliu

Books

• With the Old Breed by E. B. Sledge: Classic US Marine memoir, written on Peleliu and Okinawa.
• Brotherhood of Heroes by Bill Sloan: Oral histories from Peleliu veterans.
• Target Tokyo by James Scott: Connects Pearl Harbor to the Doolittle Raid.

Watch

• The Pacific (HBO): Episodes 5–6 vividly portray Peleliu’s horrors.
• Okinawa: The Last Battle (1945): Contemporary US documentary.
• The War in the Pacific (Smithsonian Channel): Solid modern series.

Select Museum Articles

• Remember Pearl Harbor!
• The Key to the Pacific: The Construction of the Pearl Harbor Naval Base
• Sibling Witnesses to the Attack on Pearl Harbor
• The Three Missed Tactical Warnings That Could Have Made a Difference at Pearl Harbor
• Never Forget: Remembering Pearl Harbor
• Pearl Harbor Attack: Highlights from the Madlyn and Paul Hilliard Research Library
• The Path to Pearl Harbor
• The USS Arizona’s Last Salvo
• The Road to Pearl Harbor: The Short Fuse
• The Road to Pearl Harbor: The Long Fuse
• Routine in Paradise: The US Navy in Pearl Harbor
• Valor at Pearl Harbor: Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd’s Medal of Honor
• The Battle of Peleliu: The Forgotten Hell
• Liberation of Morotai: A Bloodless Peleliu

Select Museum Digital Content

• WWII in 2: The Attack on Pearl Harbor
• The Road to Pearl Harbor: Asia Aflame 1937-1941
• Pearl Harbor
• Pearl Harbor: The Aftermath
• The Attack on Pearl Harbor with Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum (Part I)
• The Attack on Pearl Harbor with the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum (Part II)
• Recovering from Disaster: Pearl Harbor and After by Dr. Rob Citino
• Lunchbox Lecture: The Raid at Pearl Harbor
• Minisode To Pearl Harbor
• Pearl Harbor 75 Online Learning Series Part One with Author Jonathan Parshall
• Pearl Harbor, Dorie Miller, and WWII Memory: A Conversation with Robert K. Chester, PhD
• Meet the Author: Richard B. Frank, "Tower of Skulls: A History of the Asia-Pacific War July 1937-May 1942"
• Meet the Author: Amy Rupertus Peacock and Don Brown, "Old Breed General: How Marine Corps General William H. Rupertus Broke the Back of the Japanese in World War II From Guadalcanal to Peleliu"