The presence of Japanese pearl divers who worked in Australia from the late 1800s to the early Shōwa period lives on within Australian history and society. We spoke with Australian Noel Cleary, ...
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - During the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, Imperial Japan used Aichi Dive Bombers to deliver their payloads. The type of aircraft was known as the “Val.” “For the ...
Though Pearl Harbor was obviously a smashing victory for Japan – and a shockingly humiliating defeat for the United States – Hideki Tojo’s victory was not without cost: 29 planes were shot down, five ...
At 7 AM on the morning of December 7, 1941 the U.S. Army Air Force had 152 fighters in the fifteenth and eighteenth Pursuit Group deployed for air defense of Hawaiian island of Oahu, and 57 bombers ...
In the early hours of December 7th, 1941, meticulous reconnaissance confirmed perfect conditions for Japan’s first wave of 183 aircraft to strike Pearl Harbor. Pilots executed precise torpedo and dive ...
Cameraman Norman Alley was napping on the gunboat's deck when Japanese bombs started falling around him. The Universal News cameraman grabbed his camera and began filming as explosions ripped through ...
1976 Mikimoto Pearl Island, Japan: Pearl Divers, Cultured Pearl, Implanting and sorting of pearls—SILENT FILM CLIP This film clip is from Thayer Soule's travelogue, "Japan", archived in the Human ...
(CNN) — It’s a day seared into America’s collective memory: December 7, 1941. The day Imperial Japanese warplanes launched a devastating surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, sinking or damaging 19 ...