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The only remaining airworthy P-40B figther survivor from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour! She is the oldest airworthy P-40B in the world!

This Curtiss P-40B is unique as she is the only remaining airworthy survivor from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour on 7th December 1941. In additional to this auspicious history she is also the oldest airworthy P-40B in the world.

One of the 131 P40-Bs built at the Curtiss facility in...read more

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 HQ Batallón) December 06, 2016

The First American Shot in World War II: Pearl Harbor Survivor Recalls Sinking Japanese Submarine at Onset of Attack

World War II Navy veteran Will Lehner recalls sinking a Japanese submarine while aboard USS Ward during the onset of the attack on Pearl Harbor. 

USS Ward fired the first American shot in World War II. USS Ward (DD-139) was a 1,267 t Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during...read more

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 Teniente) July 01, 2016

1941: Fighting the Shadow War

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In December last year we looked at how Churchill in 1940 kept Britain in the war. In this episode we’re crossing the pond to look at Roosevelt and America in 1940/41.

At the outbreak of war in Europe the majority of the American people did not want to commit troops to another European war...read more

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 HQ Batallón) November 30, 2015

Remembering Pearl Harbor - Account of Events by B.E.(Gene) Merrill, a Signalman on the USS West Virginia During the Sneak Attack

This is an audio recording of interview with B.E.(Gene) Merrill, who was a signalman on the USS West Virginia (BB-48) during the sneak attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United...read more

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