Pearl Harbor is a complex embayment on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu, Hawaii. Much of the harbor and surrounding lands is a US Navy deep water naval base: headquarters of the US Pacific Fleet. It was the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan on 7 December 1941 that brought the United States into World War II. == Early History of Pearl Harbor == Pearl Harbor was originally an extensive, shallow Headlands and bays called ''Wai Momi'' (meaning "Water of Pearl") or ''Pu‘uloa'' by the Hawaiian language. Pu‘uloa was regarded as the home of the shark goddess ''Ka‘ahupahau'' and her brother, ''Kahi‘uka''. The harbor was teeming with pearl-producing oysters until the late 1800's. In the years following the arrival of Captain James Cook, Pearl Harbor was not considered a suitable port due to the shallowness of the water. The United States and the Hawaiian Kingdom signed the Reciprocity Treaty of 1875 as Supplemented by Convention on December 6, 1884 and ratified in 1887. On January 20, 1887, the United States Senate allowed the United States Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base (the US took possession on November 9 that year). As a result, Hawai‘i obtained exclusive rights to allow Hawaiian sugar to enter the United States duty free. The Spanish-American War of 1898 and the desire for the United States to have a permanent presence in the Pacific both contributed to the decision to annex Hawai‘i. After annexation, Pearl Harbor was refitted to allow for more navy ships. In 1908 the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard was established. In 1917, Ford Island in the middle of Pearl Harbor was purchased for joint Army and Navy use in the development of military aviation in the Pacific. As Japanese influence increased in the Pacific, the US increased the US Navy's presence as well. With tensions rising between the United States and Japan in 1940, the US began training operations at the base. The attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan on 7 December 1941 brought the United States into World War II. ==Pearl Harbor after December 7, 1941== ''See the article'' Attack on Pearl Harbor. On the morning of December 7, 1941, planes and midget submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy issued a surprise attack on the US under the command of Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo. This attack brought the United States into WWII. At 6:00 a.m. on December 7th the six Japanese carriers launched a first wave of 181 planes composed of torpedo bombers, dive-bombers, horizontal bombers and fighters. The Japanese hit American ships and military installations at 7:53 a.m.. They attacked military airfields at the same time they hit the fleet anchored in Pearl Harbor. Overall, twenty-one ships of the U.S. Pacific Fleet were sunk or damaged, aircraft losses were 188 destroyed and 159 damaged, American dead numbered 2,403. That figure included 68 civilians, and there were 1,178 military and civilian casualties. ==Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard== Established as the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard in 1908, this former coaling station has grown to play a central role in maintaining the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet. It is the largest naval repair facility in the broad expanse of the Pacific between the west coast of the United States and the Far East. The Shipyard was heavily involved in repairing the Pacific Fleet following the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. Its drydocks and machine shops can and do service virtually all naval craft from submarines (including the 688-, or Los Angeles class submarine) up to aircraft carriers. The Shipyard is Hawaii's largest industrial employer today, with more than four thousand civilian workers and about eight hundred uniformed personnel. == Films and Books == === Fiction === *''The Final Countdown'' is a movie set around Pearl Harbor, in which the aircraft carrier, ''USS Nimitz'', from 1980 is time-warped back to 1941, one day before the December 7 attack on the base. *''From Here to Eternity'' by James Jones. The attack on Pearl Harbor plays a crucial role for Robert E. Lee Prewitt. === 'Historical' Fiction === *''Tora! Tora! Tora!'' is a movie about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Many consider this to be the best Pearl Harbor movie ever made as it deals with all aspects of the battle. The movie's re-enactment of the attack lasts almost as long as the original event. * ''Pearl Harbor (movie)'' is the title of a 2001 film about the 1941 attack. ==External links== * [http://www.history.navy.mil/docs/wwii/pearl/hawaii.htm History of Pearl Harbor through World War II] * [http://gohawaii.about.com/library/weekly/aa120197b.htm History of Pearl Harbor before December 7, 1941] * [http://www.dualmoments.com/pearlsweeps/index.html New Panoramas of Pearl Harbor after attack - Extreme Photo Constructions] * [http://www.phnsy.navy.mil/index.htm Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard official site] ** [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/pearl_harbor_nsy.htm Additional Shipyard information from Globalsecurity.org] Hawaii landmarks Hawaiian geography United States Navy bases Bays
I find the following sentences, which conclude the overview introduction, misleading and not NPOV. "American dead numbered 2,403. That figure included 68 civilians, and there were 1,178 military and civilian wounded. On August 6 and 9 1945 the USA took revenge for this and drops the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki killing at least 100,000 japanese civilians outright and many more over time." Describing wartime action against Japan by the US as "revenge" seems rather juvenile, and these two sentences together seem like an attempt to convince readers that they should doubt the iniquity of the Pearl harbor attack by attempting to illustrate with casualty figures that the attack pales in comparison to the atomic bombings. One stike made by one opponent in war, however devastating, surely does not retroactively justify a previous act of the other. And what is the use of appending the "and many more over time" to the atomic casualties? The same is true of victims of the Pearl harbor attack, not all of whom died instantly or during the same day. The last sentence should be deleted. Jump in! Wikipedia means you can contribute! Tell us about the Sugar Industry. you folks seriously need to talk about the Sugar industry and how it influenced the US invasion of hawaii. this article is completely biased. --------- why Pearl harbor instead of Pearl Harbor? User:Susan Mason Just so, Susan. It's a proper noun, the same as (e.g.) Mexico City. User:Tannin Dead right. We of the CLOP (Capital Letters On Proper nouns) strike again. (Its an in-joke, Susan, Oliver & Tannin will explain it.) User:Jtdirl 05:34 Mar 2, 2003 (UTC) Finish the article, you lazy people. :) --User:Dissipate 20:53, 22 Jun 2004 (UTC) --- I'd like to see the link to the attack on pearl harbor easier to find on this page. More than half the visitors to this page probably meant the attack, not the actual harbor Many people think kamikaze were used at Pearl Harbor, but I think it is false (hey were used only at the end of the war when the Japanese were desperate) could somebody confirm this and add it to the article? [http://www.ww2pacific.com/suicide.html Japanese Suicide Attacks] Kamikaze
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Pearl Harbor is a complex embayment on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu, Hawaii. Much of the harbor and surrounding lands is a US Navy deep water naval base: headquarters of the US Pacific Fleet. It was the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan on 7 December 1941 that brought the United States into World War II. == Early History of Pearl Harbor == Pearl Harbor was originally an extensive, shallow Headlands and bays called ''Wai Momi'' (meaning "Water of Pearl") or ''Pu‘uloa'' by the Hawaiian language. Pu‘uloa was regarded as the home of the shark goddess ''Ka‘ahupahau'' and her brother, ''Kahi‘uka''. The harbor was teeming with pearl-producing oysters until the late 1800's. In the years following the arrival of Captain James Cook, Pearl Harbor was not considered a suitable port due to the shallowness of the water. The United States and the Hawaiian Kingdom signed the Reciprocity Treaty of 1875 as Supplemented by Convention on December 6, 1884 and ratified in 1887. On January 20, 1887, the United States Senate allowed the United States Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base (the US took possession on November 9 that year). As a result, Hawai‘i obtained exclusive rights to allow Hawaiian sugar to enter the United States duty free. The Spanish-American War of 1898 and the desire for the United States to have a permanent presence in the Pacific both contributed to the decision to annex Hawai‘i. After annexation, Pearl Harbor was refitted to allow for more navy ships. In 1908 the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard was established. In 1917, Ford Island in the middle of Pearl Harbor was purchased for joint Army and Navy use in the development of military aviation in the Pacific. As Japanese influence increased in the Pacific, the US increased the US Navy's presence as well. With tensions rising between the United States and Japan in 1940, the US began training operations at the base. The attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan on 7 December 1941 brought the United States into World War II. ==Pearl Harbor after December 7, 1941== ''See the article'' Attack on Pearl Harbor. On the morning of December 7, 1941, planes and midget submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy issued a surprise attack on the US under the command of Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo. This attack brought the United States into WWII. At 6:00 a.m. on December 7th the six Japanese carriers launched a first wave of 181 planes composed of torpedo bombers, dive-bombers, horizontal bombers and fighters. The Japanese hit American ships and military installations at 7:53 a.m.. They attacked military airfields at the same time they hit the fleet anchored in Pearl Harbor. Overall, twenty-one ships of the U.S. Pacific Fleet were sunk or damaged, aircraft losses were 188 destroyed and 159 damaged, American dead numbered 2,403. That figure included 68 civilians, and there were 1,178 military and civilian casualties. ==Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard== Established as the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard in 1908, this former coaling station has grown to play a central role in maintaining the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet. It is the largest naval repair facility in the broad expanse of the Pacific between the west coast of the United States and the Far East. The Shipyard was heavily involved in repairing the Pacific Fleet following the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. Its drydocks and machine shops can and do service virtually all naval craft from submarines (including the 688-, or Los Angeles class submarine) up to aircraft carriers. The Shipyard is Hawaii's largest industrial employer today, with more than four thousand civilian workers and about eight hundred uniformed personnel. == Films and Books == === Fiction === *''The Final Countdown'' is a movie set around Pearl Harbor, in which the aircraft carrier, ''USS Nimitz'', from 1980 is time-warped back to 1941, one day before the December 7 attack on the base. *''From Here to Eternity'' by James Jones. The attack on Pearl Harbor plays a crucial role for Robert E. Lee Prewitt. === 'Historical' Fiction === *''Tora! Tora! Tora!'' is a movie about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Many consider this to be the best Pearl Harbor movie ever made as it deals with all aspects of the battle. The movie's re-enactment of the attack lasts almost as long as the original event. * ''Pearl Harbor (movie)'' is the title of a 2001 film about the 1941 attack. ==External links== * [http://www.history.navy.mil/docs/wwii/pearl/hawaii.htm History of Pearl Harbor through World War II] * [http://gohawaii.about.com/library/weekly/aa120197b.htm History of Pearl Harbor before December 7, 1941] * [http://www.dualmoments.com/pearlsweeps/index.html New Panoramas of Pearl Harbor after attack - Extreme Photo Constructions] * [http://www.phnsy.navy.mil/index.htm Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard official site] ** [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/pearl_harbor_nsy.htm Additional Shipyard information from Globalsecurity.org] Hawaii landmarks Hawaiian geography United States Navy bases Bays
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I find the following sentences, which conclude the overview introduction, misleading and not NPOV. "American dead numbered 2,403. That figure included 68 civilians, and there were 1,178 military and civilian wounded. On August 6 and 9 1945 the USA took revenge for this and drops the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki killing at least 100,000 japanese civilians outright and many more over time." Describing wartime action against Japan by the US as "revenge" seems rather juvenile, and these two sentences together seem like an attempt to convince readers that they should doubt the iniquity of the Pearl harbor attack by attempting to illustrate with casualty figures that the attack pales in comparison to the atomic bombings. One stike made by one opponent in war, however devastating, surely does not retroactively justify a previous act of the other. And what is the use of appending the "and many more over time" to the atomic casualties? The same is true of victims of the Pearl harbor attack, not all of whom died instantly or during the same day. The last sentence should be deleted. Jump in! Wikipedia means you can contribute! Tell us about the Sugar Industry. you folks seriously need to talk about the Sugar industry and how it influenced the US invasion of hawaii. this article is completely biased. --------- why Pearl harbor instead of Pearl Harbor? User:Susan Mason Just so, Susan. It's a proper noun, the same as (e.g.) Mexico City. User:Tannin Dead right. We of the CLOP (Capital Letters On Proper nouns) strike again. (Its an in-joke, Susan, Oliver & Tannin will explain it.) User:Jtdirl 05:34 Mar 2, 2003 (UTC) Finish the article, you lazy people. :) --User:Dissipate 20:53, 22 Jun 2004 (UTC) --- I'd like to see the link to the attack on pearl harbor easier to find on this page. More than half the visitors to this page probably meant the attack, not the actual harbor Many people think kamikaze were used at Pearl Harbor, but I think it is false (hey were used only at the end of the war when the Japanese were desperate) could somebody confirm this and add it to the article? [http://www.ww2pacific.com/suicide.html Japanese Suicide Attacks] Kamikaze
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