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The Road to Pearl Harbor: The Long Fuse
Major events are often rooted deeply in the past—the “long fuse” that leads to explosions.
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Letters of Condolence
Two months before Pearl Harbor, a sailor became Louisiana's first fatality in World War II.
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Harold Ward: The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
Eleven months after witnessing the attack on Pearl Harbor, Harold Ward stood watch aboard the USS San Francisco as the heavy cruiser "steamed right into a mess."
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Pearl Harbor travel package features WWII veterans and historians (2007)
NEW ORLEANS (November 5, 2007) – As the horror of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor unfolded, PFC Bob Kinzler, U.S. Army, was watching ... -
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Marie Rankart, General Motors
Marie Rankart describes the change at General Motors following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, when the assembly lines switched from manufacturing civilian automobiles to military aircraft.
Past Events
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Lunchbox Lecture: The Raid at Pearl Harbor
12/01/2021 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PMWhile US strategy in 1941 was largely focused on the war in Europe, the bold carrier raid seized the initiative against increasing US pressure over Japan’s ongoing war in China. Captain Rick Jacobs will discuss the events of that terrible, heroic day—from the opening of Japan by Commodore Mathew Perry in the 1850’s through the devastation at Pearl Harbor on December 7.
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Dinner with a Curator: Stories of Pearl Harbor
11/30/2021 | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PMJoin us on November 30th as Senior Curator Tom Czekanski presents Stories of Pearl Harbor.
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Infamy: Pearl Harbor Remembered Exhibit Opening Reception
11/16/2021 | 5:00 PM - 7:30 PMJoin exhibit curator Tom Czekanski as he introduces and explains the process of creating the Museum’s newest special exhibition, Infamy: Pearl Harbor Remembered—on display in the Museum’s Joe W. and Dorothy D. Brown Foundation Special Exhibit Gallery from November 17, 2021 through June 26, 2022.
