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From: military@cbnews.ATT.COM (William B. Thacker)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Battleship History
Summary: Pearl Harbor (was re: battleship history)
Message-ID: <3498@cbnews.ATT.COM>
Date: 26 Jan 89 14:51:39 GMT
References: <3282@cbnews.ATT.COM> <3449@cbnews.ATT.COM>
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From: dsacg1!dsacg3!nzt1939 (William M. Aldo)

In article <3449@cbnews.ATT.COM>, creps@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (Steve Creps) writes:
> 
> In article <3282@cbnews.ATT.COM: willner%cfa183@harvard.harvard.edu (Steve Willner P-316 x57123) writes:
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> 
> :The US 
> :battleships were in Pearl Harbor because Kimmel and Halsey (Are these
>   					  ^^^^^^
>    Do you mean Chester Nimitz?
> 

Admiral Kimmel was commanding at the time of the Pearl Harbor at-
tack -- Nimitz came later.

> 
>    I believe that the carriers (Enterprise and Hornet, I think) were out of
> Pearl on maneuvers at the time.

The carriers were returning to Pearl from Wake Island where they
had 'delivered' some aircraft to the Marines stationed there.

The U.S. knew an attack was imminent -- they didn't know when
or where (supposedly).

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