Pearl Harbor

On Aug. 19, 2021, a post office in Poway in San Diego County will be dedicated to the late veteran Ray Chavez. Chavez died at the age of 106 in 2018 and was the oldest survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

About 80 years after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, a veteran who died during the attacks has had his remains identified,

The observance ceremony in honor of the 79th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor was moved online this year over coronavirus concerns.

U.S. servicemen and women and National Park Service officials have gathered at Pearl Harbor to remember those killed in the attack

Some U.S. veterans who planned to climb aboard a battleship in Hawaii’s Pearl Harbor to mark the 75th anniversary of the Japanese surrender that ended World War II instead watched a livestream of the ceremony from home

One of the remaining USS Arizona crew members who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor has died.

New U.S. Navy submarines will revive the names of the USS Arizona and USS Oklahoma, two of the biggest casualties of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II, officials said. Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly announced nuclear, Virginia-class attack submarines will carry the names, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Monday. The battleships were badly damaged...

A Navy commander says the motive is unknown for a Pearl Harbor shooting that left two civilian workers and the attacker dead. Authorities say 22-year-old Gabriel Romero killed Roldan Agustin, 49, and Vincent Kapoi Jr., 30, and wounded Roger Nakamine, 36, who survived the Dec. 4 shooting. Romero’s job was to stand watch and provide security for the fast attack submarine USS Columbia.

The 78th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor was commemorated Saturday during a ceremony at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Norco. Base personnel, along with veterans from Corona, Eastvale, Jurupa Valley, Riverside and Norco, paid tribute tribute to the more than 2,400 U.S. soldiers, sailors and Marines who died defending the Hawaiian naval installation from Japanese attackers on…

A dozen frail survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor returned Saturday to honor those who perished when Japanese planes pierced a quiet sunny morning 78 years ago and rained bombs on battleships lined up below. About 30 World War II veterans and some 2,000 members of the public joined the survivors, the youngest of whom are now in their…

Divers will place the ashes of a survivor from the USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor in the wreckage of his ship during a ceremony this weekend. Lauren Bruner will be the 44th and last crew member to be interred on the Arizona in accordance with this rare Navy ritual. That’s because the last three living Arizona survivors plan to be...

Officials will beef up security as usual for the ceremony to remember those lost in the attack on Pearl Harbor 78 years ago, with service members and dignitaries confronting a fresh tragedy after a U.S. sailor killed two civilians, wounded another and then turned the gun on himself at the storied military base. The National Park Service, which is hosting…

Two people were killed and one was injured before a gunman killed himself in a shooting at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard in Hawaii Wednesday.

A Vermont man’s love of history and country have led him to take a special trip this week, which he’s calling a true honor. “This is a bucket list item that came early,” said Marty Irons, a pharmacist at Beauchamp & O’Rourke Pharmacy in Rutland, who is heading to Hawaii to attend commemoration services this weekend at Pearl Harbor....

Accusations about actor Tom Cruise disrespecting crewmembers aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt were unfounded, Navy officials told NBC 7.

One of the oldest living WWII veterans in the U.S., who’s also a San Diegan, celebrated his 100th birthday Monday and got a cake and a special serenade from the hosts of “Today.”

Two shark researchers who came face-to-face with what could be one of the largest great whites ever recorded are using their encounter as an opportunity to push for legislation that would protect sharks in Hawaii. Ocean Ramsey, a shark researcher and conservationist, told The Associated Press that she encountered the 20-foot (6-meter) shark Tuesday near a dead sperm whale off...

The remains of a local Navy sailor killed during World War II have been accounted for, more than 76 years after his death.

Retired U.S. Navy Cmdr. Don Long was alone on an anchored military seaplane in the middle of a bay across the island from Pearl Harbor when Japanese warplanes started striking Hawaii on December 7, 1941, watching from afar as the bombs and bullets killed and wounded thousands.