Pearl Harbor

One of the few remaining survivors of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor has died. Richard C. "Dick" Higgins died at home in Bend, Oregon, at the age of 102. His granddaughter said Wednesday he died of natural causes.

The Navy estimated that 850 gallons of untreated sewage went into a storm drain that opens to the ocean 1.7 miles away via a canal near the military's Mamala Bay Golf Course and the Honolulu airport.

On the 82nd anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, we share the history of a young Navy man whose diary is making its way across the Pacific Ocean. The journal offers a glimpse of the 23-year-old sailor's life leading up to the attack.

The nephew of a Pearl Harbor attack veteran shares the contents of his uncle's diary; the head of the Honolulu Marathon provides an update on participation from runners from Asia; and a UH architecture professor discusses Lahaina's architectural history

Pearl Harbor survivor Ira Schab is planning to return to the Hawaiʻi naval base 82 years after Japan's bombing propelled the U.S. into World War II. Schab is expected to be one of just six survivors at a remembrance ceremony for the more than 2,300 servicemen killed on Dec. 7, 1941.

Friday marks a week since Fire Controlman 3rd Class Robert Thomas Stout was laid to rest with military honors in Cottonwood cemetery in Northern California. He was, until recently, one of the unknown sailors killed during the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

Hiroshima and Pearl Harbor, two symbols of World War II animosity between Japan and the United States, are now promoting peace and friendship through a sister park arrangement. U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel and Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui signed a sister park agreement on Thursday for Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park and the Pearl Harbor National Memorial of Hawaiʻi.

Pearl Harbor historian Dan Martinez is retiring from the National Park Service after 44 years. He has worked over the many decades to put history in context and highlight overlooked stories of our past.

Jack Holder, a Pearl Harbor survivor who went on become a decorated World War II flyer, has died in Arizona. He was 101.

Joseph Eskenazi was at the Army's Schofield Barracks when the Dec. 7, 1941, attack began, bringing the United States into the war. About 2,400 servicemen were killed.