Siblings Lydia Grant and Thomas Gillette witnessed firsthand the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

The attack on Pearl Harbor was decades in the making, but still came as a shock.

The USS Utah (AG-16) had a long and sometimes peculiar career before the veteran warship met its end at Pearl Harbor.

Japanese Americans faced different circumstances in Hawaii following the Pearl Harbor attack than those of their counterparts on the mainland, but still experienced discrimination.

As an adult, Janine Simone Hopkins was encouraged by her family to record her experiences and reflections of her life in Paris during the German occupation. 

Historian Richard B. Frank discusses three major mistakes which denied the fleet at Pearl Harbor time to prepare for the incoming Japanese attack.

Though a fictional character, American Girl Nanea Mitchell’s Story of Hawaii after Pearl Harbor resonates with children today.

Known as a tropical paradise today, for many sailors before December 7, 1941, it was just another port of call during their naval service.

Attached to Canadian and British forces, the first Americans to see ground combat in Europe witnessed disaster at Dieppe.

From coaling station to naval base, Pearl Harbor’s strategic importance in the Pacific was widely recognized.

Eduardo Peniche came to the United States to obtain an education and became a decorated war veteran and proud American in the process.

Hawaii was paradise, but military cooks often supplied the old favorites for soldiers and sailors who were stationed far from home.