Japan’s daring plan comes to life

• By William Cole
• Nov. 30, 2016

Relations had been deteriorating for decades between the United States and Japan prior to the attack on Hawaii. By 1941 war was seen as inevitable. “War Plan Orange” for possible conflict with Japan had been updated through the 1920s and 1930s. Read more

Carriers out at sea avoid destruction

• By William Cole
• Nov. 30, 2016

Japan didn’t know it at the time, but it had a 6-to-2 aircraft carrier advantage over the U.S. Pacific Fleet as it sailed toward Pearl Harbor and a date with history on Dec. 7, 1941. Read more

U.S. Army pilots take to the sky

• By Star-Advertiser staff
• Nov. 30, 2016

On the eve of the Japanese attack, an estimated 700 Marines were stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Ewa, whose landing strip was designed like an aircraft carrier flight deck for Marine Air Group 21, which flew fighters, tactical bombers and scout planes. Read more

Stuck between sinking ships

• By Star-Advertiser staff
• Nov. 30, 2016

While the USS Tennessee survived the bombs and torpedoes of Dec. 7, 1941, its location posed the greatest threat. Surrounded by the burning, sinking wrecks of the USS Oklahoma, West Virginia and Arizona, the Tennessee could not escape its mooring position on Battleship Row. Read more

Crew credited with downing 7 planes

• By Star-Advertiser staff
• Nov. 30, 2016

Amid the black smoke and intense heat of burning ships nearby and in spite of two direct bomb hits, the crew of the USS Maryland immediately took to their anti-aircraft guns as the reality of the attack sank in. Read more

Groups organize to ensure people ‘Remember Pearl Harbor’

• By Allison Schaefers
• Nov. 30, 2016

Herb Weatherwax, a 99-year-old World War II veteran, reported for duty in the National Park Service’s volunteer program two decades ago and plans to continue sharing stories of the Pearl Harbor attack as long as he’s able. Read more

The attack’s first casualty

• Nov. 30, 2016

Just seconds after Japanese fighter planes roared in, Warren McCutcheon was shot through the heart by an enemy gunner, becoming the first American serviceman to die at Pearl Harbor. Read more

Eyewitness: ‘Proud ships’ ablaze

• Nov. 30, 2016

“I was in the head when the first shots were fired at 0755.” Read more

Eyewitness: ‘They knew how to fight’

• By Star-Advertiser staff
• Nov. 30, 2016

“As I set down to eat, I heard an explosion that I thought was a boiler that had blown up.” Read more

Eyewitness: ‘To live and fight another day’

• Nov. 30, 2016

“I heard a bugle sounding general quarters as I was climbing out of the ship’s bottom where I had men working.” Read more

Eyewitness: Musicians scramble to battle stations

• Nov. 30, 2016

With others, I observed a plane diving from low-hanging clouds over Ford Island.” Read more

Eyewitness: Shaken out of recovery

• Nov. 30, 2016

“No sooner had my head hit the pillow … whammy. I felt an explosion.” Read more

Risky strike relies on secrecy

• By William Cole
• Nov. 30, 2016

To take out the Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Japan sent six of its frontline aircraft carriers across the Pacific in a risky amd unprecedented gambit on Nov. 26, 1941. Read more

First blow struck in attack is met with skepticism

• By William Cole
• Nov. 30, 2016

An hour and 10 minutes before Japanese planes swooped down on an unsuspecting Pearl Harbor, the destroyer USS Ward fired on a submarine outside the harbor in what was known as the defensive sea area. Read more

Tales of heroism abound of rescues from USS Oklahoma

• By Star-Advertiser staff
• Nov. 30, 2016

Exposed at its mooring next to the USS Maryland on Battleship Row, the USS Oklahoma suffered three immediate torpedo hits as the attack on Pearl Harbor began. Read more

Oil continues to flow from the USS Arizona

• By Michael Tsai
• Nov. 30, 2016

A day before the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, the USS Arizona received a fresh supply of about 1.2 million gallons of Bunker C oil. Read more

Scientists continue to examine the sunken memorial

• By Michael Tsai
• Nov. 30, 2016

Foretelling the gradual deterioration of a sunken ship is as inexact a science as exists, but the National Park Service continues to devote considerable resources to advancing that science as it continues to track the condition of the historic battleship that is both Hawaii’s No. 1 tourist attraction and the final resting place for more than 1,100 U.S. servicemen. Read more

USS Arizona: Recovery of part of wreckage considered

• By William Cole
• Nov. 30, 2016

Within a week of the devastating attack on the USS Arizona, divers entered the wreckage to help gauge the feasibility of raising the battleship, according to the National Park Service. Read more