As part of the opening ceremonies, an reconciliation
handshake took place between Japanese Pearl Harbor pilots and American Pearl
Harbor Survivors.
Pearl Harbor 65th Anniversary Symposium
Symposium Sessions
Opening Ceremony
Session 1
Pearl Harbor: Fishponds to Battleships
Session 2
America in 1941: Strategies and War Plans
Session 3
The Two-Ocean Navy Act of 1940:
The Impact on American Preparedness
Session 4
Japan 1941: Why They Attacked
Session 5
Carrier Operations: 1941
Oahu Attack Sites Bus Tour
Oahu Attack Sites bus tour to include Wheeler Field, Schofield
Barracks, Ford Island,
Session 6
Pacific Command: New Insights into Admiral Kimmel’s Naval
Operations and Strategy
Session 7
Early Warnings: USS Ward Incident
Session 8
Hidden Images: Rare & Forgotten Views of the Pearl Harbor Attack
Session 9
Early Warnings: Radar Contact at Opana
Session 10
Destruction of the Battle Line of the Pacific Fleet
Session 11
Sailors of the Pacific Fleet (featuring Pearl Harbor Survivors)
Session 12
Points of Convergence: The American Flights Over Oahu
Session 13
Tora! Tora! Tora! The Japanese Aerial Experience Over Pearl Harbor
(Featuring Japanese Naval Aviators who took part in the Pearl Harbor Attack)
Session 14
From Pearl Harbor to Dallas: The Amazing Saga of Jim Leavelle
Session 15
Pearl Harbor in Scale
Featuring Master Model Builders Don Pruel and Brad Sekigawa
Session 16
Women of Pearl Harbor (featuring Pearl Harbor Survivors)
Session 17
Diving Into History: The National Park Service as Underwater Stewards
Session 18
Contested History: The Kimmel-Short Controversy
Session 19
Hidden History: The Discovery of the Midget Submarine
Session 20
Where Did They Go From Battleship Row? A History of the Salvage
at Pearl Harbor
Session 21
1:00 - 1:30pm Aftermath: The Last Detail
Session 22
The Real McCoy: A Shipyard Worker’s Witness to History
Session 23
At Dawn We Slept: The Writing of an Epic
Session 24
A New Beginning: The New USS Arizona Memorial Museum and Visitor
Center
Session 25
The Verdict of History: A Review of the Meaning and Lessons of
Pearl Harbor in the 21st Century
Closing Ceremony