"... Stolen from beneath the camp cot of Private James F. Kerr...."

[John Beard]

J.B., your welcome, and you are right that Short and Kimmel were hung out to dry. They were both made scapegoats for the disaster.The administration in Washington held back information that they needed to defend Pearl Harbor including that an attact was imminent. Including the day and time of the impending attack. Gen. Short asked for a court-marshall to prove his case but was denied. They were both exonerated by congress in 1999.....Frank

One fortunate result of removing Admiral Kimmel was replacing him with Admiral Nimitz, who proved to be an absolutely brilliant commander and architect of the Pacific campaign. Nimitz is often overshadowed by MacArthur, but, in reality, it should be the other way around.

J.B.