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HONOLULU — Survivors of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor have long been the center of a remembrance ceremony held each year on the military base’s waterfront. But today only 12 are still alive — all centenarians — and this year none were able to make the pilgrimage to Hawaii to mark the event Sunday. After 84 years, USS Arizona’s unknowns may soon be identified That means no one who atten...[Read More]

Lt. Kermit Tyler’s eyes lit up at what he saw on his screen: a large blip 132 miles north of the Hawaiian island of Oahu. It was just after 7:02 a.m., and the skeleton crew working the night shift at the Aircraft Information Center at Fort Shafter also were mystified by the reading that had caught Tyler’s eye. Could their radar equipment be malfunctioning? Just how many planes were incoming? And m...[Read More]

In a unique partnership between the Intrepid Museum and FARO Technologies, one of America’s most historic aircraft carriers has been digitally preserved with millimeter-level precision, creating a 14.7-terabyte archive that captures every corner of the massive warship, including spaces that haven’t been accessed in decades.

When Japanese planes attacked Pearl Harbor on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, Philip M. Rasmussen was a 23-year-old second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Corps. Assigned to the 46th Pursuit Squadron at Wheeler Field on the island of Oahu, he was one of the few American pilots to get into the air while enemy planes were still in the skies over Hawaii. Rasmussen, who would be awarded a Silver Star for...[Read More]

Though Hegseth compared the alleged drug smugglers to Al-Qaida terrorists, experts have noted significant differences between the two foes and the efforts to combat them.

Only 12 are still alive — all centenarians — and this year none is able to make the pilgrimage to Hawaii to mark the event.