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<p>WALNUT RIDGE, Ark. – An Arkansas sailor who died during the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor will be honored after his remains are brought home this summer.</p> <p>Glenn Tipton was killed aboard the USS Oklahoma, a battleship that capsized in the attack by Japanese aircraft.</p>

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8, 2010 – Scientists who have been studying wreckage from Japanese mini-submarines that were part of an advance strike force on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, say a new television show is informative, but could leave viewers with misunderstandings. For one thing, they say, the show -- part of PBS’s “NOVA” series -- reveals no new discoveries. “It's basically a synopsis of the work that we performed up through 2000,” Navy Capt. John A. Rodgaard said during a “DoDLive” bloggers roundtable Jan. 6. Rodgaard was joined by Peter Hsu, a scientist who analyzes forensic shock effects of...

SIERRA VISTA — Floyd Turner hadn’t been in his rack too long before he was awakened by the call to “man your battle stations.” Having just gotten off midwatch from midnight to 4 a.m., Turner had made his way down to his tight sleeping quarters on the USS St. Louis, expecting a quiet Sunday in the pleasant warmth of a Hawaiian harbor. But the Japanese had other plans for him and thousands of other sailors the morning of Dec. 7, 1941. The naval might of the Japanese empire struck Pearl Harbor and other American military installations on the island of...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5, 2008 – President George W. Bush signed proclamations today establishing a World War II monument to those who fought in the Pacific theater and commemorating the anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument will serve as a reminder of the sacrifices “The Greatest Generation” made to protect the country, Bush said before signing the proclamation. “But there’s a broader purpose, as well,” he said. “And that is to remind generations of Americans about the transformative effect of freedom. “One of the great stories during...