Pearl Harbor

Weekly Comment Pearl Harbor and the U.S.S. Shaw

By Olivia O’Mahony, Editorial Assistant
December 2, 2016

December 2, 2016 by 1 Comment

Seventy-five years ago this week, the Japanese surprised the U.S. by attacking Pearl Harbor in the early hours of December 7th. One of the most iconic photographs from the from that day is of the U.S.S. Shaw, a ship named after an Irishman and early officer in the U.S. Navy. Following the attack, the Shaw, which was nearly destroyed, returned to battle and went on to become one … [Read more...] about Weekly Comment Pearl Harbor and the U.S.S. Shaw

Discovery at Pearl Harbor

By Irish America Staff
December / January 2003

December 1, 2002 by Leave a Comment

The search for the Japanese midget sub sunk off Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941, had been ongoing for 61 years until TERRY KERBY came along. Pat Bigold talks to the man who made the most significant modern marine archaeological find ever in the Pacific, second only to the finding of the Titanic in the Atlantic. Honolulu, Hawaii: Terry Kerby loves to rock climb Nevada's Whiskey … [Read more...] about Discovery at Pearl Harbor

March 28, 1820

On this day in 1820, Sir William Howard Russell was born in Tallaght, County Dublin. Russell is considered one of the first modern war correspondents, though he is known to have despised the term. As a young reporter, Russell spent twenty-two months covering the Crimean War, which was one of the first wars to be documented extensively in both written reports and in photographs. Florence Nightingale acknowledged that it was Russell’s reports which inspired her to become involved with wartime nursing. During his coverage of the the Siege of Sevastopol, Russell coined the phrase “thin red line,” in reference to British troops. He retired as a battlefield correspondent in 1882, and was knighted in 1895.

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