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**Media Contacts:**

Lisa Ontai

National Park Service

*Arizona* Memorial Museum Association

Cell: 808-375-9352

Email: ontai@pixi.com

**Pearl Harbor 65^th^ Anniversary**

**Pearl Harbor Experts**

### Resource List

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| **Arroyo, Ernie**  | Mr. Arroyo is the president of the Pearl Harbor |
|                    | History Associates. Over the last thirty years, |
| **203-378-2353**   | he has made a personal commitment to the study  |
|                    | of Pearl Harbor and its related documents. Mr.  |
|                    | Arroyo recently published one of the most       |
|                    | complete photo essays on the Pearl Harbor       |
|                    | attack in a book titled ***Pearl Harbor*.**     |
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| **Borch, Col. Fred | Frederic L. Borch III is the Regimental         |
| (Ret.)**           | Historian and Archivist for the U.S. Army Judge |
|                    | Advocate General's Corps. He was charged with   |
| **919-645-1400     | the investigation into the Kimmel and Short     |
| (work)**           | inquiry by Under Secretary of Defense Dorn. He  |
|                    | co-authored a definitive work on the            |
|                    | Kimmel/Short controversy: ***Kimmel, Short and  |
|                    | Pearl** **Harbor: The Final Report Revealed,    |
|                    | ***which was published by the Naval Institute   |
|                    | Press in 2005.                                  |
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| **Burbank,         | Jennifer Burbank is a National Park Service     |
| Jennifer**         | Interpretive Ranger at the USS *Arizona*        |
|                    | Memorial. She began her Park Service career in  |
| **808-422-2771,    | 1997 at Redwood National and State Parks.       |
| 123**              | Currently, Jennifer is the Park Dive Officer    |
|                    | with the USS *Arizona* Underwater Cultural      |
|                    | Resource Team.                                  |
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| **Burlingame,      | Mr. Burlingame is a writer for the Honolulu     |
| Burl**             | Star-Bulletin. Over the years he has been       |
|                    | engaged in the writing of aviation history. He  |
| **808-753-6742**   | also has been interested in Japanese midget     |
|                    | submarines and published a monumental work on   |
|                    | that subject titled ***Advance Force Pearl      |
|                    | Harbor.***                                      |
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| **Butowsky, Dr.    | Historian for the National Park Service in      |
| Harry**            | Washington, DC.,                                |
|                    |                                                 |
| **202-354-2261**   | Dr. Butowsky headed up the program for National |
|                    | Historic Landmarks and he was instrumental in   |
|                    | conferring an NHL designation to the Opana      |
|                    | Radar Site. Harry teaches at George Mason       |
|                    | University and is an author of numerous         |
|                    | publications including ***An American Family in |
|                    | World War II.***                                |
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| **Dr. Stanley D.M. | Dr. Carpenter is a Professor of Strategy and    |
| Carpenter**        | Policy and Official Historian of the U.S. Naval |
|                    | War College. He is an internationally renowned  |
| **401-841-6521**   | expert on Britain in the Age of Fighting Sail   |
|                    | and the British Civil Wars. Dr. Carpenter has   |
|                    | appeared frequently on the History Channel      |
|                    | providing commentary on such things as the      |
|                    | Battle of Britain and WWII.                     |
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| **Cressman,        | Mr. Cressman is a historian with the Ships      |
| Robert**           | Histories Branch of the Naval Historical Center |
|                    | in Washington D.C. Mr. Cressman is considered   |
| **202-433-6773     | one of the preeminent experts in WWII naval     |
| (work)**           | history and his outstanding publication, Steady |
|                    | Nerves and Stout Hearts, is a definitive study  |
| **301-942-3685**   | of what occurred to the air groups of the USS   |
|                    | *Enterprise* on December 7, 1941.               |
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| **DiVirgilio,      | Mr. DiVirgilio is a noted expert on the         |
| John**             | Japanese aerial attack on Pearl Harbor. He has  |
|                    | interviewed a number of Japanese aviators and   |
| **808-387-1103**   | visited Japan several times to conduct his      |
|                    | investigation. He also is an illustrator of     |
|                    | note and has done studies of the damage done to |
|                    | battleships during the attack.                  |
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| **Goldstein, Dr.   | Dr. Goldstein is the preeminent authority on    |
| Donald**           | the Pearl Harbor attack and he is the           |
|                    | instrumental force and author of Gordon         |
| **412-221-5241**   | Prange's numerous works on Pearl Harbor. Dr.    |
|                    | Goldstein is a professor of history at the      |
|                    | University of Pittsburgh. His monumental        |
|                    | contribution was producing ***At Dawn We        |
|                    | Slept**.*                                       |
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| # Jackson, Timothy | Director of the College of Distance Education,  |
|                    | Mr. Jackson is a Professor of Strategy and      |
| **Naval War        | Policy at the U.S. Naval War College. He        |
| College**          | oversees all aspects of the professional        |
|                    | education of over 3,500 Officers of the Navy,   |
| **401-841-6521**   | Marine Corps, Army, Air Force and Coast Guard   |
|                    | and senior Department of Defense civilians each |
|                    | year. A career Navy officer, Tim's scholarship  |
|                    | and publications focus on all aspects of WWII,  |
|                    | particularly on WWII in the Pacific Theater.    |
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| **Lundstrom,       | Mr. Lundstrom is the former curator of American |
| John**             | and military history at the Milwaukee Public    |
|                    | Museum. He served from 1967 to 2005 in that     |
| **414-647-2605**   | capacity. John is considered by many as one of  |
|                    | the finest author and historian concerning      |
|                    | naval aviation and strategy in the Pacific War. |
|                    | His book, ***The First Team***, was a wonderful |
|                    | addition to the understanding of the early      |
|                    | actions in the Pacific War. His current book is |
|                    | a biography of Admiral Jack Fletcher titled     |
|                    | Black ***Shoe Carrier Admiral***.               |
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| **Martinez,        | He is currently the historian for the National  |
| Daniel**           | Park Service at the USS *Arizona* Memorial. Mr. |
|                    | Martinez specializes in Pearl Harbor attack     |
| **808-422-2771,    | history and photos related to that event. He    |
| 136**              | has written a number of articles regarding that |
|                    | experience.                                     |
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| **P                | Jonathan Parshall is a noted naval historian    |
| arshall,Jonathan** | and researcher. He was a consultant on the 1999 |
|                    | mission to the Midway battle site by Nauticos   |
| **651-523-9304**   | Corporation. Mr. Parshall is widely published   |
|                    | on naval history in journals and magazines. He  |
|                    | has appeared on Discovery Channel and is a      |
|                    | historical advisor to the BBC. He maintains an  |
|                    | award-winning website on the Japanese Imperial  |
|                    | Navy                                            |
|                    | ([www.comb                                      |
|                    | inedfleet.com](http://www.combinedfleet.com/)). |
|                    | His book, *Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of |
|                    | the Battle* *of Midway* is considered by        |
|                    | critics to be one of the finest accounts of the |
|                    | Japanese side of that dramatic naval battle.    |
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| **Preul, Don**     | Don Preul has been a professional model builder |
|                    | for the last 25 years. He is considered by his  |
| **410-626-8850**   | peers to be the finest craftsman of naval       |
|                    | ships. Mr. Preul's work may be viewed at many   |
|                    | of the major naval museums in the country. One  |
|                    | of the best examples of his craftsmanship is of |
|                    | the model of the Japanese carrier *Akagi* which |
|                    | is on display at the USS *Arizona* Memorial     |
|                    | Visitor Center. This year, Mr. Preul completed  |
|                    | a new model of the USS *Arizona*, which will be |
|                    | unveiled during the 65^th^ Anniversary          |
|                    | commemoration.                                  |
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| **Seiden, Allen**  | A writer, photographer and Hawaiian archivist   |
|                    | and historian, Allen Seiden has lived in Hawaii |
| **808-734-4677**   | since 1974. He is a recipient two Ka'ahili      |
|                    | awards for projects of cultural relevance from  |
|                    | the State of Hawaii. His work has appeared in   |
|                    | newspapers, magazines and books around the      |
|                    | world. In 2001, Mr. Seiden authored *From       |
|                    | Fishponds: Pearl Harbor, a Complete Illustrated |
|                    | History.*                                       |
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| **Sekigawa, Brad** | Mr. Sekigawa is considered one of the finest    |
|                    | model builders in the state of Hawaii. He has   |
| **808-625-2578**   | provided model exhibits for the USS *Arizona*   |
|                    | Memorial and other museum in the Hawaiian       |
|                    | community. His current contribution is the      |
|                    | aircraft used in the first wave attack that are |
|                    | currently part of the permanent exhibit of the  |
|                    | aircraft carrier *Akagi* located at the USS     |
|                    | *Arizona* Memorial Visitor Center.              |
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| **Smith, Douglas** | Dr. Douglas V. Smith is a Professor of Strategy |
|                    | and Head of the Strategy and Policy Division at |
| **Naval War        | the U.S. Naval War College. He is a graduate of |
| College**          | the U.S. Naval Academy, Naval Postgraduate      |
|                    | School, and the Naval War College and holds a   |
| **401-841-6521     | doctorate in military history from Florida      |
| (work)**           | State. Doug specializes in the naval history of |
|                    | WWII and in particular, the five carrier        |
|                    | battles of the Pacific war.                     |
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| **Spain, William** | Associate Dean of Academics, William R. "Bill"  |
|                    | Spain, Col. USMC (Ret.) was previously the head |
| **Naval War        | of the Joint Military Operations Department at  |
| College**          | the U.S. Naval War College where he developed   |
|                    | the course to include detailed study of         |
| **401-841-6421**   | campaigns of WWII. An expert on amphibious      |
|                    | warfare, WWII and especially WWII in the        |
|                    | Pacific, Dean Spain is one of America's leading |
|                    | authorities on the Battle of Leyte.             |
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| **Stillwell,       | Author and contributor to **Naval History       |
| Paul**             | Magazine**. Considered to be one of the finest  |
|                    | naval historians, he authored ***Battleship     |
| **410-544-5592**   | Arizona*** and his current work, ***The USS*    |
|                    | *Missouri.***                                   |
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| **Wenger, Mike**   | Mr. Wenger is considered by many as a scholar   |
|                    | of the photographic history of World War II.    |
| **919-482-4533**   | His first publication of note was ***Pearl      |
|                    | Harbor: The Way It Was*.** He has gone on to    |
|                    | publish books on D-Day and the dropping of the  |
|                    | atomic bombs on Japan.                          |
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| **White, Dr.       | Dr. White has been teaching at the East-West    |
| Geoffrey**         | Center in Manoa for over 10 years. He has       |
|                    | written a number of articles and conducted      |
| **808-389-2378     | studies at the USS *Arizona* Memorial. He has   |
| (Cell)**           | been a consultant to the National Park Service  |
|                    | on issues concerning visitation of both         |
|                    | American and Japanese visitors. Geoff has also  |
|                    | authored a publication on the Pacific Islander  |
|                    | experience in World War II.                     |
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