Army Pearl Harbor Board

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The Army Pearl Harbor Board was a U.S. Army investigative body convened during World War II to examine the Army’s preparedness and responsibility for the failures surrounding the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

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Army Pearl Harbor Board canonical 4

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army investigative board ⓘ
military inquiry board ⓘ
archivalLocation U.S. National Archives ⓘ
chairperson Lieutenant General George Grunert ⓘ
conductedHearingsIn Hawaii ⓘ
conflictContext World War II ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
criticized Lieutenant General Walter C. Short ⓘ
War Department General Staff procedures ⓘ
dateFormed 1944 ⓘ
dissolved mid-1940s ⓘ
focus Army communication of warnings to Hawaii ⓘ
Army intelligence handling before Pearl Harbor ⓘ
readiness of Hawaiian Department ⓘ
state of Army air defenses at Pearl Harbor ⓘ
state of Army antiaircraft defenses at Pearl Harbor ⓘ
formedBy Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson ⓘ
linked to: Henry L. Stimson

United States War Department ⓘ
found deficiencies in War Department transmission of intelligence to Hawaii ⓘ
failure of Hawaiian Department command to take adequate defensive measures ⓘ
serious deficiencies in Army preparedness at Pearl Harbor ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
inquirySubject Army preparedness at Pearl Harbor ⓘ
Army responsibility for Pearl Harbor defenses ⓘ
attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
investigatedPerson Brigadier General Sherman Miles ⓘ
Brigadier General Thaddeus W. Miles ⓘ
Colonel Otis K. Sadtler ⓘ
Colonel Rufus S. Bratton ⓘ
General George C. Marshall ⓘ
linked to: George C. Marshall

Lieutenant General Walter C. Short ⓘ
Major General Leonard T. Gerow ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalBasis order of the Secretary of War ⓘ
linked to: Secretary of War
locationOfEventsInvestigated Hawaiian Department ⓘ
Pearl Harbor ⓘ
member Lieutenant General George Grunert ⓘ
Major General Henry D. Russell ⓘ
Major General Walter C. Short (as subject of investigation) ⓘ
operatedBy United States Army ⓘ
purpose to determine Army responsibility for the Pearl Harbor disaster ⓘ
to recommend measures to prevent similar failures ⓘ
relatedInvestigation Joint Congressional Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack ⓘ
Navy Court of Inquiry ⓘ
Roberts Commission ⓘ
reportClassification initially secret ⓘ
reportCompleted 1944 ⓘ
reportDeliveredTo Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson ⓘ
linked to: Henry L. Stimson
timePeriod World War II home front ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roberts Commission → followedBy → Army Pearl Harbor Board ⓘ
Navy Court of Inquiry on Pearl Harbor → relatedTo → Army Pearl Harbor Board ⓘ
Navy Court of Inquiry → relatedInvestigation → Army Pearl Harbor Board ⓘ