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This sailor fought the Japanese at Pearl Harbor—with football pads on
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Air Force Times, National

This sailor fought the Japanese at Pearl Harbor—with football pads on

By Claire Barrett | Air Force Times The sailors of the USS Pennsylvania football team were suited up. Although partially cloudy, the temperatures hovered around a balmy 71 degrees Fahrenheit, promising decent weather for what was dubbed the “Super Bowl” of the Navy. Their opponents from the USS Arizona were donning similar gear and readying for a scrimmage, before the 1:00 p.m. fleet championship, when the first Japanese bomb struck the USS Oklahoma in Battleship Row, Oahu, Hawaii. The date was Dec. 7, 1941, and unbeknownst to the Americans on the ground and at sea, they were at war. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE AIR FORCE TIMES
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Could a young Army pilot have prevented the Pearl Harbor attack?
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Military Times, National

Could a young Army pilot have prevented the Pearl Harbor attack?

By Joseph Connor | Military Times First Lt. Kermit A. Tyler was the next man up on the squadron duty roster, so he resigned himself to spending the coming Sunday morning, 4 to 8 a.m., at the Aircraft Information Center at Fort Shafter on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. At 3 a.m. on that day, Dec. 7, 1941, the 28-year-old fighter pilot drove south from his house on Oahu’s North Shore to Fort Shafter, listening to Hawaiian music on his car radio. The Information Center was the hub of a cutting-edge system designed to warn of air attacks aimed at Hawaii. A half-dozen radar stations were located throughout Oahu, the site of several military bases including the naval base at Pearl Harbor. The radar operators’ job was to detect approaching planes and report unusual contacts to the center. Cen...
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