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Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor land-locked harbor, on the southern coast of Oahu island, Hawaii, W of Honolulu; one of the largest and best natural harbors in the E Pacific Ocean. In the vicinity are many U.S. military installations, including the chief U.S. Pacific naval base, Hickam Air Force Base, Pearl Harbor... Read more
Harold Raynsford Stark Harold Raynsford Stark
Harold Raynsford Stark 1880-1972, American admiral, b. Wilkes-Barre, Pa. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, he was commissioned (1905) an ensign in the navy. After service in World War I, he filled several important naval administrative posts. In 1939, Stark was made admiral and... Read more
Isoroku Yamamoto Isoroku Yamamoto
Isoroku Yamamoto , 1884-1943, Japanese admiral in World War II. He headed the combined fleet in 1941 and was the mastermind behind Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. After he was killed in action in 1943, he became a national hero. Throughout his career he worked to build an integrated air-surface arm... Read more
Pearl (China) Pearl (China)
China For the fighting in China, see Chiang Kai-Shek, China–Burma–India theatre, and China incident.1. IntroductionThe China incident, or Sino-Japanese war, which began with a minor skirmish at the Marco Polo Bridge near Peking on 7 July 1937, was the true beginning of the Second... Read more
Fort Moultrie Fort Moultrie
Fort Moultrie , on Sullivans Island at the entrance to the harbor of Charleston, S.C.; originally called Fort Sullivan. Constructed by Col. William Moultrie, the fort was renamed for him after he repulsed a British naval attack in June, 1776, in one of the most decisive battles of the American... Read more
Grand Alliance Grand Alliance
Grand Alliance, term coined by Churchill to describe the association of nations, in particular the UK, USA, and USSR, which came together to fight the Axis powers in the Second World War. The title was a conscious reference to the alliance which had defeated Louis XIV of France in the War of the... Read more
United States Naval Operations United States Naval Operations
World War II, U.S. Naval Operations in: The Pacific. In The Armed Forces of the Pacific: A Comparison of the Military and Naval Power of the United States and Japan, published early in 1941, retired Capt. William D. Puleston, former Director of Naval Intelligence, concluded that a war between... Read more
James Jones James Jones
James Jones 1921-77, American novelist, b. Robinson, Ill. Written in the tradition of naturalism , his novels often celebrate the endurance of man. From Here to Eternity (1951), his best-known work and the first of a trilogy, is a powerful story of army life in Hawaii immediately before the... Read more
Women in Military Service Women in Military Service
Women in Uniform The only women serving in the U.S. military when Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941, were a few thousand in the Army Nurse Corps and Navy Nurse Corps. By the end of World War II (1939–45), more than 350,000 women had served in the U.S. military. Women in the... Read more

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