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Lieutenant General Walter C. Short Commander-In-Chief of the Army in Hawaii observes from airport tower U.S. airplanes parked near to the edge of the field that was set considering an enemy air attack. Short said the primary concern will be sabotage knowing are 130,000 Japanese on the island. Also, Short told the Fielder that changes have to be made (Tora! Tora! Tora!, 1970). When Army General Short takes over the Hawaiian command on February 7, 1941. The Chief Of Staff warned him about the risk…

All through human history many strange phenomena and disappearances have occurred. These strange disappearances have happened to not only a single person but a whole civilization and countless other strange things. This paper will show the top five mysterious disappearances that our history has to offer. The first mystery to discuss is the disappearance of Flight 19. Flight-19 is the codename for five Avenger bombers that took off from the naval base at Florida at 2:10 P.M. on December 5th,1945,…

This agency was founded in 1882 and is one of several intelligence agencies that are currently based in the United States that collect and share information amongst the intelligence community. The Office of Naval Intelligence’s headquarters is currently in Suitland, Maryland and it is broken down into four centers of excellence within this agency. The four centers are tasked with different roles, and include the Nimitz Operational Intelligence Center, Farragut Technical Analysis Center, Kennedy…

have either fallen just short of the target or else just a little beyond it.” Predictably, Churchill’s reaction to this statement was not enjoyable to behold. This incident, and the statement by the admiral, is a good example of the state of the British Royal Navy pre-Great War and shows the starting point for what Churchill had to work with. The same way Churchill approached any situation, his first instinct was to learn everything he possibly could after…

but on 5 June 1942 the United States Navy defeated a Japanese attack against Midway Atoll. This marked a turning point in the war of the Pacific theatre. Due to the United States being able to break codes, they could anticipate and takeover Japan’s planned ambush of its few lasting aircraft carriers, imposing permanent damage on the Japanese Navy under Admiral Chester Nimitz. Nimitz interpreted the codes and used it against the Japanese. A fleet admiral of the United States Navy, Admiral Nimitz …

Lieutenant Commander Arnold Cortez is a native of Manila, Philippines and immigrated to the United States in 1995. He entered the Navy in June 1996 and was assigned to VFA-82 homeport in NAS Cecil Field, FL as an undesignated Airman and deployed with CVW-1 and USS George Washington Battle Group. He was designated as Aviation Support (AS) Equipment Technician and later transferred to Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department onboard NAS Jacksonville, FL. While assigned to 900 Division at…

December 7, 1941, is known as “a date which will live in infamy.” It was a normal day until 7:55 that morning, when the first bombs from the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service fell on the Pearl Harbor Naval Base. When the attack was done at 9:45 AM, 110 minutes after it had begun, over 3,500 Americans were killed or injured, 19 ships were damaged or sunk, including all eight of the battleships, and over 300 aircrafts were damaged. Thankfully, a majority of the ships were recovered. Could the…

Describe The Action Allied forces landed on Gallipoli on the morning of April 25th but a combination of unexpectedly hostile terrain and fierce Turkish defense soon stopped any potential advance and the campaign degenerated into the familiar deadlock of trench warfare. In the Gulf of Saros to the north of Gallipoli, the Royal Naval Division carried out an unsuccessful diversionary attack aimed at convincing the Turks that the main attack was to be there. (Gallipoli.gov) Lieutenant General von…

“Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.” (FDR). President Roosevelt delivered his Infamy Speech the day after Pearl Harbor was attacked. This surprise attack hit the harbor and its surrounding areas on the Island of Oahu, Hawaii. The island was bombed by a contingent of more than 350 Japanese planes and midget submarines (Zimm 152). This was a premeditated…

Pearl Harbor being attacked and the losses were massive. The attack led to the US joining and eventually ending the war. The Attack on Pearl Harbor can be researched through why it happened, what happened, and the effects of it. Before the United States joined in World War 2 it passed an oil embargo on Japan which was a main reason for the attack on Pearl Harbor. The embargo was greatly affecting their military and they wanted it lifted. Also, Japan felt that they were being embarrassed…