"Digest of Knox Report on the Pearl Harbor Disaster", The New York Times, January 5, 1946

This is the summary of a report created by Frank Knox who was Secretary of the Navy in 1941. Knox wrote the report for President Roosevelt after Knox had inspected Pearl Harbor following the Japanese attack. Knox noted that the Army in Hawaii had been preparing for potential sabotage while the Navy was concerned about possible submarine attack. Neither force had anticipated an air attack.

Resource Identifier
KnoxReport
Citation
Wilfrid Fleisher papers, Collection No. 7055, Box 18, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
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