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	Husband E. Kimmel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Husband E. Kimmel was born in Henderson, Kentucky, on 26 February 1882 and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1904.
		Operating from the advanced base at Pearl Harbor, Kimmel led his fleet during the months of vigorous training that preceded the outbreak of the Pacific War.
		He was relieved of his command in mid-December 1941 and reverted to the rank of Rear Admiral (although this was not specifically retaliatory, as before the outbreak of the war it was standard procedure for no American officer to hold a higher rank than Major General, with officers being brevetted temporarily for high command).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Husband_E._Kimmel (388 words)

	Husband E. Kimmel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Husband Edward Kimmel (February 26, 1882 – May 14, 1968) was an admiral in the United States Navy.
		Along with Army Lieutenant General Walter Short, Admiral Kimmel became a scapegoat for American unpreparedness prior to the attack, and their careers were effectively ruined.
		Rear Admiral Kimmel died at Groton, Connecticut, on 14 May 1968.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Admiral_Kimmel (388 words)

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		For those less prone to conspiracy, Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, and to a lesser extent General Walter Short, are generally held to blame for a variety of sins including not being adequately prepared for an attack they should have known was a distinct possibility.
		Despite the fact that Kimmel and Short constantly asked for improvements to the base's defenses, the War Department refused on budgetary grounds and in the belief that Pearl Harbor was in no danger.
		Kimmel was even denied sufficient air assets to patrol around Oahu in case of attack.
	www.enterstageright.com /archive/articles/0901/0901pearlharbor.txt (790 words)

	The New American - Though these two U.S. commanders at Pearl Harbor have been blamed for the debacle, they have ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Because Kimmel and Short were not formally "on trial," they were also denied all traditional rights of defendants: to ask questions and cross-examine witnesses.
		Kimmel was also shocked that the proceeding’s stenographers — one a teenager, the other with almost no court experience — omitted much of his testimony and left other parts badly garbled.
		However, on May 25, 1999, the U.S. Senate approved a resolution that Kimmel and Short had performed their duties "competently and professionally" and that our losses at Pearl Harbor were "not the result of dereliction of duty." "They were denied vital intelligence that was available in Washington," said Senator William V.
	www.thenewamerican.com /tna/2001/06-04-2001/vo17no12_kimmel.htm (2715 words)

	Day of Deceipt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Joseph Rochefort of Station HYPO at Pearl Harbor and Captain Layton, Kimmel’s chief of intelligence, contradict themselves on the question of whether or not the top Japanese naval code (usually known to historians as the JN-25 series, Navy cryptanalysts called it the 5-Number Code in 1941) was not being read before Pearl Harbor.
		While awaiting armament installation, this aircraft was destroyed on 7 Dec. Short and Kimmel were instructed to go to a heightened alert status in case of possible Japanese moves—but they were also told not to alarm the civilian populace.
		Kimmel and Short were blamed for not doing enough to protect Hawaii, but they were clearly being handcuffed by their masters.
	m2.aol.com /TFGrantel/books/deceit.html (1749 words)

	CNN - Son seeks to clear Pearl Harbor 'scapegoat' - December 7, 1999
		Husband Kimmel and Gen. Walter Short -- the two senior commanders of U.S. military forces in the Pacific at the time of the December 7, 1941 attack -- later were relieved of their posts.
		A panel appointed by President Franklin Roosevelt accused Kimmel and Short of dereliction of duty in not anticipating the Japanese attack, a claim that was later dropped.
		But a 1995 Pentagon report supports claims that Kimmel and Short were scapegoats, and in May of this year the Senate voted 52 to 47 to give posthumous promotions to both officers that would restore the ranks they held prior to the attack.
	archives.cnn.com /1999/US/12/07/kimmel.pearl.harbor (801 words)

	Kimmel and Short, scapegoats
		Within less than two weeks, Admiral Husband Kimmel and Lt. General Walter Short, the two senior military commanders on Hawaii, were fired, each was stripped of their rank, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed a commission to search for evidence of dereliction of duty on the part of the military in Hawaii.
		Admiral Kimmel has said he believes that those who knew of this message traffic knew a war with Japan was inevitable, and therefore chose to withhold it.
		Kimmel retired at the rank of rear admiral (two stars vice four), and Short at the rank of major general (two stars vice three).
	www.talkingproud.us /HistoryKimmelShort.html (1050 words)

	AIM Report: 2003 Report # 11 - Bush Must Rectify Pearl Harbor Smear
		Kimmel was relieved of duty ten days after the attack; subsequently, the first investigation of the tragedy, conducted by the Roberts Commission, declared that Kimmel had been “derelict in his duty,” and “solely responsible for the success of the Japanese attack.”
		Kimmel even appealed to Admiral Stark in person during a visit to Washington in June1941, and was once again assured that all necessary information was flowing to his command in the Pacific.
		Kimmel and Short are the only two flag and general officers who have not been restored to their wartime ranks.
	www.aim.org /publications/aim_report/2003/11.html (4090 words)

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		President Roosevelt of course knew Kimmel from Kimmel's days in Washington, had approved, if not fostered, Kimmel's promotion to Rear Admiral in 1937 when Kimmel was the Navy's chief budget officer.
		Husband Kimmel had been chosen over the heads of more than thirty flag-rank officers who were senior to him.
		Although Admiral Kimmel had a reputation for speaking his mind when it came to strategic and tactical naval matters, surely he would be inwardly grateful to the Commander in Chief and less prone to rock the boat if the seas got rough during the months ahead.
	www.pacshiprev.com /page33.html (390 words)

	The Sedalia Democrat Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		But a growing corps of critics contends that Kimmel and Short were unjustly made scapegoats for a broader failure that should be shared by senior officials in Washington.
		Kimmel's sole surviving son, a retired lawyer, argues ardently that his father should be fully exonerated.
		Congress approved legislation in 2000 partially exonerating Kimmel and Short and recommending that they be posthumously restored to their full ranks.
	www.sedaliademocrat.com /Opinion/279517114164244.htm (443 words)

	Metro Pulse/Secret History/Shore Leave
		By the end of the war, when Kimmel learned of the loss of his oldest son in action in the South Pacific, it was looking like the full exoneration he was hoping for would never happen.
		Kimmel's Knoxville office was in the Daylight Building on Union Ave., across the street from TVA headquarters.
		Kimmel retired in 1947 and moved to Groton, Conn.; the Knoxville gig may have been the last job of his career.
	www.metropulse.com /dir_zine/dir_2003/1349/t_secret.html (830 words)

	DORN REPORT: PART TWO
		Following Secretary Knox's report to the President on December 14, Admiral Kimmel was relieved of command and reverted to his permanent grade of Rear Admiral.
		[3] Rear Admiral Kimmel's temporary designation as a four star admiral was made under the provisions of existing law which allowed the President to designate six officers as Commanders of Fleets or subdivisions thereof with the rank of admiral or vice Admiral.
		Consequently, it is difficult to argue that relief of Admiral Kimmel and General Short was "unfair," given the magnitude of the disaster at Pearl Harbor and their positions in direct command of the defeated forces.
	www.ibiblio.org /pha/pha/dorn/dorn_2.html (2658 words)

	Husband Kimmel
		Husband Kimmel, the son of an army major, was born in the United States on 14th May 1882.
		In February 1941, Kimmel became the most senior admiral in the US Navy and was appointed Commander in Chief of the US Pacific Fleet.
		Husband Kimmel died at Groton, Connecticut, on 14th May 1968.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWkimmel.htm (227 words)

	Beyond the Movie: Pearl Harbor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Although Admiral Kimmel’s World War II service was effectively confined to one day--December 7, 1941--the consequences of that day haunted him for the rest of his life and continued for many years after his death.
		It is a testament to the persistence of the Kimmel saga that while the Kimmel scenes were being filmed in Hawaii for the movie Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Congress was voting to promote him to four-star grade on the retired list, congressionally absolving him of blame for the disaster at Pearl Harbor.
		Although there were proposals to court-martial Kimmel (and others) in the aftermath of the Japanese attack, Kimmel’s request for retirement from the Navy became effective on February 28, 1942.
	plasma.nationalgeographic.com /pearlharbor/ngbeyond/people/people3.html (500 words)

	DORN REPORT: PART ONE
		Since the end of World War II, Admiral Kimmel, General Short, and their families have requested on several occasions that action be taken to advance those officers on the retired list to the highest grade they held while on active service.
		Admiral Kimmel was not eligible under this law because he had served less than one year as a four-star admiral.
		The retirement of Admiral Kimmel as a Rear Admiral and of General Short as a Major General was the direct result of two personnel actions in each case: relief from their Pearl Harbor commands in December, 1941, and retirements in February and March, 1942.
	www.ibiblio.org /pha/pha/dorn/dorn_1.html (1704 words)

	USNews.com: Blamed for Pearl Harbor (6/4/01)
		Kimmel didn't even learn of the decoded messages until 1944.
		In the decades since, a fierce debate has raged over why Kimmel and Short were kept in the dark--and whether it makes any difference.
		In taking the fall for the disaster, Beach says, Kimmel and Short enabled the shaken nation to rally behind the president and the military leadership in Washington.
	www.usnews.com /usnews/culture/articles/010604/archive_037555_2.htm (514 words)

	Accuracy In Media - Weekly Column - Unfinished Pearl Harbour Business
		The Roberts Commission, formed in December 1941 to investigate the tragedy, pronounced Kimmel "derelict in his duty" and "solely responsible for the success of the Japanese attack." Although ten subsequent official investigations or inquiries would exonerate Kimmel, the verdict of the Roberts Commission would continue to dog him throughout his life.
		Kimmel had upgraded the fleet’s readiness beginning in mid-October and had ensured that his ships were prepared to "repel enemy aircraft." The best testimony to Kimmel’s readiness came from the Japanese admiral who commanded the carrier-based air forces in the attack.
		The Congress unanimously adopted an amendment to the 2001 defense bill requesting the President advance Kimmel, and his Army counterpart Maj. General Walter Short, to their highest wartime ranks as authorized by the 1947 Officer Personnel Act.
	www.aim.org /publications/weekly_column/2003/12/04.html (773 words)

	AmericanHeritage.com / Magazine
		Kimmel’s standing orders, when in port, required battleships to man half their antiaircraft batteries with ammo at the ready, smaller ships one-fourth.
		Kimmel never denied this; in fact, he later testified that he hadn’t thought the widespread destruction of the Japanese codes to be “of any vital importance..
		Admiral Richardson wants us to believe that Kimmel would have been alarmed by an order to Japanese consulates and embassies around the world to burn their codes and wreck their code machines—when in fact, Kimmel was not alarmed by a report from his own intelligence officer that the Japanese were doing just that.
	www.americanheritage.com /articles/magazine/ah/2001/5/2001_5_50.shtml (7317 words)

	TBRNews.org
		Admiral Kimmel deliberately did not show the letter containing this information to his sons, or grandsons[43]—four of whom served in the Navy, and four of whom are service academy graduates[44].
		Kimmel had formally asked for all vital information; had been assured that he would have it; appeared to be receiving it, for he did receive some useless Magic messages; and estimated the situation based on it.
		While this meant that Kimmel and Short were the only two flag officers not recommended for promotion to their highest wartime ranks, their performance in one of the greatest defeats suffered by American armed forces was a good reason to treat them differently.
	www.tbrnews.org /Archives/a307.htm (8572 words)

	Kimmel Colloquium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		These views rang from the current DOD position that Kimmel was accountable for the losses suffered to the conspiracy theorists who argue that President Roosevelt knew of the pending attack and withheld knowledge to the fleet commander.
		Given the scope of the destruction, he argued that Kimmel's relief was proper, and he noted that in 1941, the Germans, British, and Soviets routinely relieved commanders for failures in the field.
		While there was continued disagreement about the degree to which Admiral Kimmel should be held accountable for December 7th, there was considerable discussion that he was not treated fairly and was denied due process in the subsequent hearings that ignored the failures of others at his expense.
	www.navyhistory.org /whats_new/kimmel.htm (980 words)

	Who Lost Pearl Harbor? - Two generations later, the conspiracy theorists still blame the successful sneak attack on ...
		Kimmel and Short, the chief Navy and Army commanders in the Pacific, were relieved of their duties on Dec. 17.
		David Lawrence of U.S. News claimed that Kimmel and Short were being scapegoated for "the negligence in Washington" and said that FDR and "his colleagues in the New Deal" had been decadent, lax, and heedless of their military duties.
		And as for the question of Kimmel's negligence, nearly every one of my contemporaries in the service agreed that he'd been caught asleep at the switch and got off lightly for getting his command slaughtered.
	www.slate.com /id/94663 (2788 words)

	Memories of Thomas K. Kimmel
		Thomas K. Kimmel was informed that while we were at war he would not be allowed command of a boat and having arrived in Perth, Australia from the USS Bergall's 1st war patrol was detached from the Bergall on November 23, 1944.
		Thomas Kimmel’s father, Admiral Husband Kimmel, was in charge of the fleet at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
		Kimmel, was an officer aboard the submarine USS Drum from 11/41-11/42, comprising 3 war patrols of 56, 54, 46 days respectively.
	www.bergall.org /kimmel.html (3873 words)

	NPR : A Final Struggle over the Pearl Harbor Attack
		Walter Short and Adm. Husband Kimmel, the Army and Navy commanders in Hawaii, of being derelict in their duties, giving them sole responsibility for the catastrophe.
		Retired lawyer Ned Kimmel, Adm. Kimmel's only surviving son, says the scapegoating of his father was "outrageous." Now he's working to restore his father's four-star status and remove a stain on his service record.
		For his part, Ned Kimmel's most recent success was a congressional amendment describing the actions of Kimmel and Short as professional and competent.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=4205617 (817 words)

	New Castle Business Ledger: Images (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Kimmel, 79, former naval officer, retired DuPont lawyer and son of Adm. Husband Kimmel, was waging war with the U.S. Defense Department.
		For more than 50 years the Kimmel family had been struggling for exoneration and vindication of Pearl Harbor Commanders Admiral Kimmel and General Walter Short who were in command at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
		Meanwhile Waltz, Rolleri and Kimmel focused on third-party credibility and testimony which created a popular pull-through politically which counterbalanced the recalcitrance of the Pentagon's "legacy-keepers." The Roth-Biden initiative ultimately passed on May 25, 1999 by a vote of 52-47 of the U. Senate.
	www.ncbl.com /archive/11-00images.html (3079 words)

	Capt. Kimmel
		Thomas Kincaid Kimmel was born in Annapolis, Maryland, on September 29, 1914, son of rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, USN, retired and Mrs.
		On 21 April 1961, Captain Kimmel assumed the duties of Commanding Officer of the USS MISSISSINEWA (AO-144), the flagship of the Service Forces of the Sixth Fleet to take her on her fourth Mediterranean Cruise.
		Captain Kimmel is married to the former Nancy Stanley Cookson of Kaban Djahe, Sumatra Netherlands East Indies, and they have four children: Thomas K. Kimmel, Jr., Virginia Louise Kimmel, Husband E. Kimmel the II, and William S. Kimmel.
	www.uss-newport-news.com /hist/COs/capt__Kimmel.htm (666 words)

	December 7, 1941 . . . a Day of Deceit
		Amidst its omnibus provisions, the Act reverses the findings of nine previous Pearl Harbor investigations and finds that both Kimmel and Short were denied crucial military intelligence that tracked the Japanese forces toward Hawaii and obtained by the Roosevelt Administration in the weeks before the attack.
		Kimmel was promoted to a four-star admiral and took command on February 1, 1941.
		On November 27 and 28, 1941, Admiral Kimmel and General Short were ordered to remain in a defensive posture for "the United States desires that Japan commit the first overt act." The order came directly from President Roosevelt.
	www.lewrockwell.com /orig/stinnett1.html (954 words)

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