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Reviled Japanese Admiral Hoped to Avoid War With US

analysis

Dec 7, 2011 1:25 PM CST

Reviled Japanese Admiral Hoped to Avoid War With US

Isoroku Yamamoto attacked Pearl Harbor after losing that argument

(Newser) - Isoroku Yamamoto was once one of the most reviled men in America, and no wonder: He was the Japanese admiral who devised and carried out the attack on Pearl Harbor. But author Ian W. Toll uses the 70th anniversary to point out that before the attack, Yamamoto led the debate...

Pearl Harbor Veterans
Return to Rest in Peace

70 years later

Dec 7, 2011 7:17 AM CST

Pearl Harbor Veterans Return to Rest in Peace

Some vets choosing to be interred among old shipmates

(Newser) - As the US prepares to mark 70 years since the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, some servicemen who survived the attack have returned to the site permanently. The ashes of Lee Soucy, who died last year at the age of 90, have been interred in the USS Utah with the...

Pearl Harbor, World War II Attack: Possible Japanese Remains Discovered

Skull Discovered
in Pearl Harbor

Jul 21, 2011 9:32 AM CDT

Skull Discovered in Pearl Harbor

Experts certain it's not Hawaiian, may be Japanese

(Newser) - Forensic scientists are conducting tests on a skull unearthed at the bottom of Pearl Harbor to determine if it is that of a Japanese pilot who died in the historic attack on Dec. 7, 1941. An excavation crew dredging the harbor recently made the startling discovery; after early analysis, an...

Pearl Harbor
Submarine
Mystery
Solved

Dec 7, 2009 4:48 PM CST

Pearl Harbor Submarine Mystery Solved

Mini-sub that sank USS Oklahoma comes to light

(Newser) - A Japanese mini-sub believed to have played a crucial role in the battle of Pearl Harbor has been found. The mini-sub was one of five deployed during the 1941 attack from larger “mother” submarines, University of Hawaii researchers say. The other four have already been found, but the fifth...