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Free Republic University, Department of History presents World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum
First session: September 1, 2009. Last date to add: September 2, 2015.
Reading assignment: New York Times articles delivered daily to students on the 70th anniversary of original publication date. (Previously posted articles can be found by searching on keyword “realtime” Or view Homer’s posting history .)
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Hanson W. Baldwin(1903-1991) was military editor of the NY Times 1928-1968. He was a strong anti-Communist and advocate of American military preparedness. It goes without saying that nobody of his views would be allowed at the NY Times today.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE0DA1530F937A25752C1A967958260&pagewanted=all
“NYT 11/14/1991: Hanson Baldwin, Military Writer, Dies”

A memo from today by Kimmel show's an unfortunate and drastic mistake made by Kimmel with the agreement of Admiral Bloch. In this memo a decision is made to forgo the pursuit of installing torpedo nets around the ships at port in Pearl Harbor. Admiral Kimmel had determined that until lighter and less cumbersome baffles were created that they were not so critical to be installed at Pearl.

United States Fleet
U. S. S. Pennsylvania, Flagship
CinC File No.
S81-5/0398
Confidential
At Sea, Hawaiian Area, Mar. 12, 1941.
From : Coraander-in-Chief, U. S. Pacific Fleet.
To : The Chief of Naval Operations.
Subject : Anti-torpedo baffles for protection against torpedo plane attacks, Pearl Harbor.
Reference: (a) CNO Conf. Itr. file Op-30Cl-AJ (SC) N20-12 Serial 09330 of 15 Feb. 1941.
1. In view of the contents of reference (a), the Commander-in-Chief, U. S. Pacific Fleet, recommends that until a light efficient net, that can be laid temporarily and quickly is developed, no A/T nets be supplied this area.
H. E. KIMMEL.