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The Massive Oil Plume Beneath Pearl Harbor Isn't New, But It Is Shocking






By Chris D'Angelo
September 28, 2015

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Pearl Harbor was once known as Oahu's "bread basket" because it was such an important fishing area, teeming
with ocean life. But since the construction of the iconic U.S. military base, the pristine harbor has been marred
by environmental disaster.

The 12,600 acres of land and water that make up the Pearl Harbor Naval Complex were added to the Environmental
Protection Agency's National Priority List of hazardous waste sites in 1992. This list identified the area as a Superfund
site, or one that could harm local people or ecosystems due to hazardous waste. In 1998, the health department had
issued an advisory to warn people against eating shellfish and fish caught in Pearl Harbor.



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No real surprise. I would never eat fish in a harbor full of boats much less large ships.
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After 75 Years, Pearl Harbor Still Holds a Few Mysteries







Five things you may not know about the day that lives in infamy.


By Matt Blitz
December 7, 2016

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It's been 75 years since the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, a U.S. naval base on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. Shortly before 8 a.m.
on December 7, 1941, 353 Japanese aircraft supplemented by dozens of submarines, cruisers, destroyers, and battleships attacked
America's Pacific Fleet.

Nineteen U.S. Navy ships were severely damaged or destroyed, including the USS Arizona that still remains underwater. The aftermath
of the attack plunged the country into a global conflict, making it, as The New York Times reported the next morning, "...the first time
in its history, the United States finds itself at war against powers in both the Atlantic and the Pacific." In all, 2,403 people died in the attack.

Seventy-five years later, we look at five lesser-known facts about Pearl Harbor and about that one December day in the Pacific that changed
the course of world history.


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Kailuaboy wrote:The Massive Oil Plume Beneath Pearl Harbor Isn't New, But It Is Shocking






By Chris D'Angelo
September 28, 2015

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Pearl Harbor was once known as Oahu's "bread basket" because it was such an important fishing area, teeming
with ocean life. But since the construction of the iconic U.S. military base, the pristine harbor has been marred
by environmental disaster.

The 12,600 acres of land and water that make up the Pearl Harbor Naval Complex were added to the Environmental
Protection Agency's National Priority List of hazardous waste sites in 1992. This list identified the area as a Superfund
site, or one that could harm local people or ecosystems due to hazardous waste. In 1998, the health department had
issued an advisory to warn people against eating shellfish and fish caught in Pearl Harbor.



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The US Military has made a mockery out of what was once a beautiful harbor where families enjoyed. Maybe in the next 1000 years we'll see the harbor return to it's former beauty.

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The Story of Pearl Harbor Did Not Begin in Hawaii






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July 7, 2017

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Commander Mitsuo Fuchida, strike leader for Operation Hawaii and 20-year veteran of the Imperial Japanese Navy (Kaigun),
strapped himself into the observer’s seat as his Nakajima B5N2 “Kate” torpedo bomber, piloted by Lieutenant Mitsuo Matsuzaki,
and lifted off from the carrier Akagi on the black morning of December 7, 1941.

The top secret mission, he had been told, was to strike a crippling blow at the American Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Territory
of Hawaii, with the aim of gaining concessions from the United States and ensuring that America would not go to war with Japan.

There was not even a ghost of a dawn at approximately 6 am, but Fuchida and Matsuzaki gained altitude and circled in wait for
the launching of the rest of the attack force of the 1st Combined Air Fleet (Kido Butai). Down below in the darkness, all six of
Japan’s fleet carriers—the Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, Hiryu, Shokaku, and Zuikaku—were grouped 200 miles north of Hawaii.


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