Army Pearl Harbor Board

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The Army Pearl Harbor Board was a U.S. Army investigative body convened during World War II to examine the Army’s preparedness and responsibility for the failures surrounding the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

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Army Pearl Harbor Board canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army investigative board
military inquiry board
archivalLocation U.S. National Archives
chairperson Lieutenant General George Grunert
conductedHearingsIn Hawaii
conflictContext World War II
country United States
criticized Lieutenant General Walter C. Short
War Department General Staff procedures
dateFormed 1944
dissolved mid-1940s
focus Army communication of warnings to Hawaii
Army intelligence handling before Pearl Harbor
readiness of Hawaiian Department
state of Army air defenses at Pearl Harbor
state of Army antiaircraft defenses at Pearl Harbor
formedBy Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson
linked to: Henry L. Stimson

United States War Department
found deficiencies in War Department transmission of intelligence to Hawaii
failure of Hawaiian Department command to take adequate defensive measures
serious deficiencies in Army preparedness at Pearl Harbor
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C.
inquirySubject Army preparedness at Pearl Harbor
Army responsibility for Pearl Harbor defenses
attack on Pearl Harbor
investigatedPerson Brigadier General Sherman Miles
Brigadier General Thaddeus W. Miles
Colonel Otis K. Sadtler
Colonel Rufus S. Bratton
General George C. Marshall
linked to: George C. Marshall

Lieutenant General Walter C. Short
Major General Leonard T. Gerow
language English
legalBasis order of the Secretary of War
linked to: Secretary of War
locationOfEventsInvestigated Hawaiian Department
Pearl Harbor
member Lieutenant General George Grunert
Major General Henry D. Russell
Major General Walter C. Short (as subject of investigation)
operatedBy United States Army
purpose to determine Army responsibility for the Pearl Harbor disaster
to recommend measures to prevent similar failures
relatedInvestigation Joint Congressional Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack
Navy Court of Inquiry
Roberts Commission
reportClassification initially secret
reportCompleted 1944
reportDeliveredTo Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson
linked to: Henry L. Stimson
timePeriod World War II home front

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Roberts Commission followedBy Army Pearl Harbor Board
Navy Court of Inquiry on Pearl Harbor relatedTo Army Pearl Harbor Board
Navy Court of Inquiry relatedInvestigation Army Pearl Harbor Board