On December 7, 1941, Kermit Tyler was called about aircraft approaching Pearl Harbor and told the radar tech not to worry about it. His reply has been debated for the past 80 years.
In the middle of a surprise aerial attack the USS Monaghan (DD-354) scores the second submarine kill of the war.
The only submarine that survived the attack on Pearl Harbor later became a crowd-drawing oddity, then a museum piece.
“The location of the (US) Fleet in Hawaiian waters would act as a deterrent to the Japanese only so long as its positioning did not appear to the Japanese as solely a bluff.” – Admiral J.O. Richardson
The final installment of the story of the Hesse Heist covers the trials of Nash, Durant, and Watson.
Spark your child's love of history with our WWII-themed storytime experience.
Tune in to our premier adult educational event bringing together the best and brightest scholars, authors, historians, and witnesses to history from around the globe to discuss the war that changed the world.
When they weren't traveling the world to report on the war, Ernest Hemingway and his wife, Martha Gellhorn, spent much of the 1940s residing in Havana, Cuba.