Pearl Harbor

HPR hears from military officials, servicemembers and their families as Naval Destroyer USS Frank Petersen Jr. returns to its homeport at Pearl Harbor.

HPR spoke with Matt Voight, the new director of restoration and large artifact collections at the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum.

Government emails obtained by The Associated Press show that FBI Director Kash Patel went on a “VIP snorkel” session last summer at the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor.

Kelly McKeague, retired Air Force major general and director of the DPAA, talks about a new mission to recover and identify U.S. soldiers from a sunken Japanese ship in the Philippines.

Seven Japanese American soldiers are being promoted to officer ranks in a solemn ceremony that comes eight decades after they died fighting for the U.S. during World War II.

Pearl Harbor survivor and U.S. Navy veteran Ira “Ike” Schab has died. He was 105.

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.