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  • Eternal Peace ~ Deceased Survivors Rejoin Lost Sailors on USS Arizona

    • 28 Apr 2012
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    • April 28 2012 Film Shorts Memorial USS Arizona WW II
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    Remembering the Pacific is a video podcast series that presents the personal stories behind World War II's Pacific Theater. Hear American and Japanese servicemen tell their war stories from December 7, 1941 through the war to the ongoing reconciliation between the two countries. Witness the effects on the home front as American and Japanese civilians recount the emotions of the war years and come to terms with loved ones lost, sacrifices made and recognition of civil rights. Hear about the personal importance of the memorials and the lasting impacts of the Pacific War."

    Learn about and support the restoration of the USS Arizona Memorial by visiting http://restore.arizonamemorial.org/index.html.

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  • The Atomic Cafe

    • 17 Nov 2011
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    • 16November11 Atomic Energy Atomic Testing Documentary Film Shorts Historical Propaganda WW II
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    One of the defining documentaries of the 20th century, THE ATOMIC CAFE (1982) offers a darkly humorous glimpse into mid-century America, an era rife with paranoia, anxiety, and misapprehension. Whimsical and yet razor-sharp, this timeless classic illuminates the often comic paradoxes of life in the "Atomic Age," while also exhibiting a genuine nostalgia for an earlier and more innocent nation.

    Narrated through an astonishing array of vintage clips and music--from military training films to campy advertisements, presidential speeches to pop songs--the film revolves around the threat--and thrill--of the newly minted atomic bomb. Taking aim at the propaganda and false optimism of the 1950s, the film's satire shines most vividly in the clever image splicing, such as footage of a decimated Hiroshima alongside cheerful suburban "duck-and-cover" routines. More than anything else, THE ATOMIC CAFE shows how nuclear warfare infiltrated the living rooms of America, changing the nation from the inside out.

    Immensely entertaining and devilishly witty, THE ATOMIC CAFE serves up a revealing slice of American history: the legendary decade when we learned to live in a nuclear world.

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  • None of Us Would be Here Today, if Not for You...

    • 5 Nov 2011
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    • 04November11 Celebration Hawaii VJ Day Victory WW II War
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    VJ Day, Honolulu Hawaii, August 14, 1945
    by Richard Sullivan

    "65 Years Ago my Dad shot this film along Kalakaua Ave. in Waikiki capturing spontaneous celebrations that broke out upon first hearing news of the Japanese surrender. Kodachrome 16mm film: God Bless Kodachrome, right ?"

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  • Stored in a Brownie Camera

    • 10 Oct 2009
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    • WW II photography
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    These photos were taken with with a Brownie camera
    like the one below, by a sailor on the USS Quapah {ATF 110}
    at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941.

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    Pearl Harbor

    On Sunday, December 7th, 1941 the Japanese launched a surprise attack against the U.S. Forces stationed at Pearl Harbor , Hawaii By planning this attack on a Sunday, the Japanese commander Admiral Nagumo, hoped to catch the entire fleet in port. As luck would have it, the Aircraft Carriers and one of the Battleships were not in port. (The USS Enterprise was returning from  Wake Island , where it had just delivered some aircraft. The USS Lexington was ferrying aircraft to Midway, and the USS Saratoga and USS Colorado were undergoing repairs in the  United States )

    In spite of the latest intelligence reports about the missing aircraft carriers (his most important targets), Admiral Nagumo decided to continue the attack with his force of six carriers and 423 aircraft. At a range of 230 miles north of  Oahu , he launched the first wave of a two-wave attack. Beginning at 0600 hours his first wave consisted of 183 fighters and torpedo bombers which struck at the fleet in Pearl Harbor and the airfields in Hickam,  Kaneohe and Ewa. The second strike, launched at 0715 hours, consisted of 167 aircraft, which again struck at the same targets.

    At 0753 hours the first wave consisting of 40 Nakajima B5N2 'Kate' torpedo bombers, 51 Aichi D3A1 'Val' dive bombers, 50 high altitude bombers and 43 Zeros struck airfields and Pearl Harbor Within the next hour, the second wave arrived and continued the attack.

    When it was over, the  U.S. Losses were:

    Casualties

    US Army: 218 KIA, 364 WIA.

    US Navy: 2,008 KIA, 710 WIA.

    US MarineCorp: 109 KIA, 69 WIA.

    Civilians: 68 KIA, 35 WIA.

    TOTAL: 2,403 KIA, 1,178 WIA.

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    Battleships

    USS Arizona (BB-39) - total loss when a bomb hit her magazine.

    USS Oklahoma (BB-37) - Total loss when she capsized and sunk in the harbor.

    USS California (BB-4 4) - Sunk at her berth. Later raised and repaired.

    USS West Virginia (BB-48) - Sunk at her berth. Later raised and repaired.

    USS Nevada - (BB-36) Beached to prevent sinking. Later repaired.

    USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) - Light damage.

    USS Maryland (BB-46) - Light damage.

    USS Tennessee (BB-43) Light damage.

    USS Utah (AG-16) - (former battleship used as a target) - Sunk.

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    Cruisers

    USS New Orleans (CA-32) - Light Damage..

    USS San Francisco (CA-38) - Light Damage.

    USS Detroit (CL-8) - Light Damage.

    USS Raleigh (CL-7) - Heavily damaged but repaired.

    USS Helena (CL-50) - Light Damage.

    USS Honolulu (CL-48) - Light Damage..

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    Destroyers

    USS Downes (DD-375) - Destroyed. Parts salvaged.

    USS Cassin - (DD -3 7 2) Destroyed. Parts salvaged.

    USS Shaw (DD-373) - Very heavy damage.

    USS Helm (DD-388) - Light Damage.

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    Minelayer

    USS Ogala (CM-4) - Sunk but later raised and repaired.

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    Seaplane Tender

    USS Curtiss (AV-4) - Severely damaged but later repaired.

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    Repair Ship

    USS Vestal (AR-4) - Severely damaged but later repaired.

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    Harbor Tug

    USS Sotoyomo (YT-9) - Sunk but later raised and repaired.

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    Aircraft

    188 Aircraft destroyed (92 USN and 92  U.S. Army Air Corps.)

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