Kimmel, Short, and Pearl Harbor: The Final Report Revealed by Fred Borch and Daniel Martinez; Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Md., 2005, $25.95. Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor on Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, inflicted one of the worst blows ever endured by American military forces. The latest Pentagon study of Pearl Harbor, conducted in 1995 at the request of Congress, found that fault for the attack went well beyond Admiral Kimmel … Hardcover. Controversy has swirled around responsibility for the disaster at Pearl Harbor ever since that horrible Sunday morning in December 1941.
225 pages. Marlboro Lights didn’t appear in the U.S. (or anywhere else) until 1972, almost 30 years after the Pearl Harbor attack; those rimless glasses were also an impossibility, as nylon was rationed during World War II and are typically used to hold eyeglass lenses in place in frameless models. Kimmel was ordered to "reconsider" his beliefs that Pearl Harbor was safe from further attack (p. 74). Bibliographical references essay.

Admiral Husband Kimmel was publicly disgraced after the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941, which killed 2,403 people and destroyed or damaged 19 ships, including eight battleships.

Scapegoats: A Defense of Kimmel and Short at Pearl Harbor, by Edward L. Beach. In 1937, Kimmel was promoted to rear admiral after holding important positions in the navy. Reviewed by John Weir. In February 1941 he became commander in chief, U.S. Fleet and Pacific Fleet, with the temporary rank of admiral and was in command of Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked. Admiral Chester William Nimitz Admiral William Pye relieved Admiral Kimmel immediately after Kimmel and General Walter Short were made the scapegoats for Pearl Harbor.
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1995. Eleven photographs. Knox and Nimitz wanted Kimmel to keep ships out of the harbor as much as possible, to reinforce defensive positions.

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