One of the Last Survivors of USS Oklahoma Dies at 102
Jessie Alton Mahaffey was aboard the battleship USS Oklahoma when Japanese air forces attacked the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Jessie Alton Mahaffey was aboard the battleship USS Oklahoma when Japanese air forces attacked the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Major events are often rooted deeply in the past—the “long fuse” that leads to explosions.
The USS Utah (AG-16) had a long and sometimes peculiar career before the veteran warship met its end at Pearl Harbor.
Two months before Pearl Harbor, a sailor became Louisiana's first fatality in World War II.
As a part of the Museum’s 80th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor programming, one of our closest friends and advisors joins our Senior Historian for a conversation on his book and the events surrounding and during the December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor.
On the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, join The National WWII Museum with student reporters from Hawaii and New Orleans to learn more about why on December 7, 1941, the Japanese military launched a surprise attack on the US Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
On the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, join The National WWII Museum with student reporters from Hawaii and New Orleans to learn more about why on December 7, 1941, the Japanese military launched a surprise attack on the US Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.