The consolidated Pearl Harbor mythology thread.

Between us we seem to have pretty good grip on the conspiracy theories surrounding Pearl Harbor. So pooling our knowledge would seem logical.

I have resources online:

The PEARL HARBOR ATTACK HEARINGS

The Myths of Pearl Harbor.

Japanese Radio Denial and Deception and the Attack on Pearl Harbor.pdf (application/pdf Object)

west_wind_clear.pdf (application/pdf Object) (Regarding the "winds" message.)

CarrierChartE.jpg (JPEG Image, 1004x710 pixels) (Charts the course of the Kido Butai and the US carriers in the Pacific.)

What ya got?

 

Consider it added!

I will be updating my Mythology page as soon as I recover from the hangover I'm going to have tomorrow morning.

http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/myths/Di...p Encounter the Pearl Harbor Strike Force.pdf

 

FYI, I now have 35 of the 40 volumes of the Pearl Harbor Attack Hearings in PDF format. Currently uploading. Stay tuned for an index.

(And I'll get the rest of the volumes done, but it will be early next year.)

 

PDF copies of the Pearl Harbor Attack Hearings before Congress

Parts 21, 31, 32, and 38 pend acquisition of PDF versions.

 

You might check SRH-149 for that info.SRH-149

 

Did they ever solve the problem of the reciprocal bearing other than by triangulation?

 

It is frequently stated that Kimmel should have been retired at his rank of Admiral, rather than the Rear Admiral rank. Firstly, retirement at the rank of Admiral is reserved for the most meritorious service, something Kimmel would struggle to claim considering the events on his watch.

Second, in regard to his "guilt" in the events of Dec. 7th, it is said he was never given "his day in court". The fact of the matter is that he was offered a chance to clear his name.

(Citation on this will follow as soon as I get the document online.)

It seems obvious that he read the material presented in the Investigations and decided not to press for a court-martial. Smart man.

 

Citation for above can be found at http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/congress/NPHI-2.pdf

(That's volume two of:
Narrative Statement of Evidence at Pearl Harbor Investigations.)

Volume one is http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/congress/NPHI-1.pdf

Volume 3, the (formerly) Top Secret Annex to the NPHI is in process.

 

One point that needs clarification:

I received an email sometime around 1995, asking for a copy of a seaman's testimony before the Navy Board. I scanned it in, and passed it along. The reply was somewhat startling.

"My father says that this is nothing like what he really said. How often has the Hearings been opened and changed?"

There seems to be an impression that the Hearings are locked in a box somewhere and you would be able to go to them, make alterations and so change the "official record" of the events. Reality is different, however. Imagine trying to change all the copies of Day of Infamy so that the Lurline actually had deck guns? You would have to track them all down and make "corrections" without the owner noticing.

There were thousands of copies of the Hearings printed and either sold or distributed to Repository libraries around the country. Now it might be possible to change the ones in the libraries, but my copies were purchased by a gentleman the day they went on sale at the Chicago branch of the GPO. I'm the second owner of that set, and nobody has ever changed anything in them to my knowledge. (They'd be very lucky to locate them, leave alone tamper with them.)

 

The reciprocal of Tokyo would be in the Bay of Alaska, or somewhere along the coast, yes?

 

http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/congress/NPHI-3.pdf now online. This one covers the intell that couldn't be discussed in the more public report of the proceedings.

 

English, please? (Or at least American. )