Pearl Harbor

Survivors of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor have long been the center of a remembrance ceremony held each year on the military base’s waterfront. But today only 12 are still alive.

Author Christine Kuehn spoke with HPR’s Lillian Tsang about her new book, "Family of Spies: A World War II Story of Nazi Espionage, Betrayal, and the Secret History Behind Pearl Harbor."

Rear Adm. Alma Mei Oi Lau Grocki is the first woman from Hawaiʻi to graduate from the United States Naval Academy. HPR spoke with Grocki about how growing up in Hawaiʻi prepared her for the academy.

Two historic mooring quays lining Ford Island are undergoing restoration and preservation work on April 28 at Pearl Harbor on Oʻahu.

The oldest living survivor of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the last remaining survivor of the USS Utah has died at age 105. Warren Upton died Wednesday at a hospital in Los Gatos, California.

A 100-year-old survivor of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor has died. Bob Fernandez died on Wednesday in Lodi, California, shortly after deteriorating health prompted him to skip a trip to Hawaiʻi to attend a remembrance ceremony marking the 83rd anniversary of the attack that propelled the U.S. into World War II.

The bombing of Pearl Harbor 83 years ago launched the United States into World War II. Two survivors returned to the Hawaiʻi military base for a remembrance ceremony on the attack's anniversary.

The Navy is preparing for a large-scale removal effort of a problematic invasive coral that covers around 80 acres at Pearl Harbor. Unomia stolonifera is a species of “octocoral,” also known as “pulsing coral” or "stoloniferous fire coral." It was first detected in the harbor in 2020. HPRʻs Mark Ladao reports.

Clearway Energy recently pulled the plug on plans for three major solar farms, but Hawaiian Electric still has several other projects in the works, including a biofuel plant spearheaded by Ameresco.

It's been a week of developments for an international military partnership that includes a crucial role for Hawaiʻi. More than two dozen Australian personnel have begun intensive training in submarine maintenance at Pearl Harbor.