Paint, Paint, Glorious Paint ~ the Ross Revenge

"It has been many years since the hull has been painted, particularly the portside. In fact, it may be as long ago as 1982 since the paintwork was taken down to bare metal, re-primed and repainted. Most of the paint which has been applied since then has simply been slapped...

Prostitution and Pacific fishing

"Fishing and prostitution might be the two oldest professions. But the exploitation of both is creating new vulnerabilities for Pacific islands as the whole world increasingly comes to fish in its waters. Ben Bohane reports from Kiribati. The deck of the Taiwanese...

September 1941 -- U.S. attacking German submarines

Some American sailors were actually seeing action a few weeks before Pearl Harbor. And BEFORE September 1941, there was a very small number of American civilians, who resided in Britain and Germany, who had already volunteered to work or fight, for the country where they...

March 27, 1941 -- Takeo Yoshikawa arrived in Honolulu, Hawaii

Takeo was the Japanese spy inside Pearl Harbor. On December 6, 1941, Takeo sent his final message: *No barrage balloons sighted, Battleships are without crinolines. No indications of air or sea alert wired to nearby islands. Enterprise and Lexington [aircraft carriers]...

*when there are two or more vessels alongside the same wharf*

BIGGER TARGET. See Message 83. September 24, 1941. Tokyo to Consul General, Honolulu.

Secretary Of State Said The Attack's Time And Place Was Known

October 16, 1941 - After meeting FDR, Secretary of War Henry Stimson wrote: "We face the delicate question of the diplomatic fencing to be done so as to be sure Japan is put into the wrong and makes the first bad move -- overt move." On November 25, 1941 - After meeting...

The Most Enlightened And Best Informed People In All The World

"I want you to know that your government has no information which it has any thought of withholding from you.... You are, I believe, the most enlightened and best informed people in all the world." President Franklin D. Roosevelt. September 1939.  

FDR's Foreknowledge Of The Attack Is Rediscovered Every 5 Years

June 8, 2001 :: It doesn't matter how many times you prove it. Wait five years and you have to prove it all over again. Take Pearl Harbor. The fact that FDR knew the Japanese were going to attack is something that should now be solid American history.

Medical Supplies Shipped To Hawaii Prior To The Attack

June 6, 2001::Robert Ogg had been in Naval Intelligence during the war. Ogg had detected the presence of a Japanese task force working its way toward Pearl Harbor in December, 1941. The Japanese force had been under radio silence. But the silence had been broken on a number...

Roosevelt's Intentions Were Nearly Exposed In 1940

A code clerk at the U.S. embassy in London discovered secret dispatches between Roosevelt and Churchill. These revealed that FDR, despite contrary campaign promises, was determined to engage America in the war. He smuggled some of the documents out of the embassy, hoping...

Churchill/Roosevelt Message November 25, Is Classified To This Day

"When the Japanese attack hit Pearl Harbor, the targets they found were older relics from a bygone age; the 21 modern ships of the Pacific fleet, including the two carriers, were safely out of harm's way."

Day Of Deceit - The Truth About FDR And Pearl Harbor

"Robert Stinnett, who served in the U.S. Navy with distinction during World War II, examines recently declassified American documents and concludes that, far more than merely knowing of the Japanese plan to bomb Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt deliberately steered Japan into war...