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Photograph taken from a Japanese plane during the torpedo attack on ships moored on both sides of Ford Island shortly after the beginning of the Pearl Harbor attack. View looks about east, with the supply depot, submarine base and fuel tank farm in the right center distance. A torpedo has just hit USS West Virginia on the far side of Ford Island (center). Other battleships moored nearby are (from left): Nevada, Arizona, Tennessee (inboard of West Virginia), Oklahoma (torpedoed and listing) alongside Maryland, and California. On the near side of Ford Island, to the left, are light cruisers Detroit and Raleigh, target and training ship Utah and seaplane tender Tangier. Raleigh and Utah have been torpedoed, and Utah is listing sharply to port. Japanese planes are visible in the right center (over Ford Island) and over the Navy Yard at right. U.S. Navy planes on the seaplane ramp are on fire. Japanese writing in the lower right states that the photograph was reproduced by authorization of the Navy Ministry.
Imperial Japanese Navy - Official US Navy photograph, PD

Seminar Series: Diplomats & Admirals with Dale A. Jenkins
7 November 2024

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Thursday,  7 November 2024
7:00 PM EST

Seminars are free to attend, although we hope you will support the Series with a suggested $10 Seminar Guest donation.

Cover of the book Diplomats & Admirals

Join us as author Dale Jenkins draws on now-declassified original documents as he examines the defining events of WWII and how it could have ended very differently. Combining perspectives from both military and civilian leaders, Diplomats & Admirals uncovers new insights into the Pacific naval battles that shaped the world–and the men behind them.

Former Secretary of the Navy and NMHS Overseer, Hon. John F. Lehman praised the book, saying:

Dale Jenkin’s fascinating and highly readable book focused on the months before and after Pearl Harbor offers startling new facts regarding what happened in key, early battles, including the Pearl Harbor attack, the aborted relief of Wake Island and the opening moves of the Battle of Midway. Based on new research and previously overlooked documents, it provides valuable insight.

Meet the Presenter

Photo of Dale A Jenkins in his library

Dale Jenkins is a former US Navy officer who served aboard a destroyer in the Pacific and for a time was home-ported in Yokosuka, Japan. While on active duty, he was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal. After his military service, he transitioned to international banking and later became a staff director at the Council on Foreign Relations. Currently, he serves on the Samuel Eliot Morison Committee of the Naval Order of the United States and as a regional director of the Naval War College Foundation. He holds degrees in history and business from Harvard and Columbia. To learn more and to purchase his book, visit daleajenkins.com.

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