Many assumed Pearl Harbor was too shallow for an aircraft-based torpedo attack. The theory was torpedoes would enter the water too fast, hit the seafloor, and explode. This was despite the British’s ...

For their surprise attack at Pearl Harbor, the Japanese utilized a mix of torpedoes and bombs - some specially customized for ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - The morning of Dec. 7 ... so I knew we were under attack," Conner said. "He dropped the torpedo that struck the ship right below where I was standing." ...

The U.S. Navy on Friday announced its plans for a preservation project coordinated with the National Park Service for Pearl ...

Thomas Duncan grew up in Tennessee and volunteered for the Navy after Pearl Harbor. His memories of torpedo juice were marked by tragedy. He said, “We had a guy — some of the guys knew how to ...

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt called it "a date which will live in infamy." But a recent survey of 350 Long Island high school students found little more than half knew the Dec. 7, 1941 ...

When Pearl Harbor came into view, black smoke was already rising from the U.S. ships hit by the first wave of Japan’s surprise attack. The crew of a Nakajima B5N2 torpedo bomber readied for its run.

the California state chair of the Sons and Daughters of Pearl Harbor Survivors. Upton told The Associated Press in 2020 that he had been getting ready to shave when he felt the first torpedo hit ...

A second torpedo hit the ship ... After Upton’s death, just 15 survivors of the Pearl Harbor attack are alive, the AP reported.

In 2020, Upton told The Associated Press (AP) about that fateful day at Pearl Harbor. Then 22 years old, Upton was getting ready to shave when he felt the first torpedo hit the Utah. Those on ...