Witnesses Before Pearl Harbor Investigating Committee

WITNESSES APPEARING BEFORE THE JOINT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR AND THEIR ASSIGNMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 7, 1941

Beardall, John R., Rear Adm., naval aide to President Roosevelt.

Beatty, Frank E., Rear Adm., aide to Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox.

Bellinger, P. N. L., Vice-Adm., commander Hawaiian naval base air force (commander, patrol wing 2).

Bicknell, George W., Col., assistant chief, military intelligence service, Hawaiian Department.

Bratton, Rufus S., Col., chief, Far Eastern section, military intelligence service, War Department.

Clausen, Henry C, Lieut. Col.,¹ judge advocate general’s office, assisting army Pearl Harbor board and conducting supplemental investigation for secretary of war.

Creighton, John M., Capt., USN, naval observer, Singapore.

Dillon, John H., Maj., USMC, aide to Secretary Knox.

Elliott, George E., Sergt., operator at Opana radar detector station, Oahu, T. H.

Gerow, Leonard T., Maj. Gen., chief, war plans division, army general staff, War Department.

Grew, Joseph C., United States ambassador to Japan.

Hart, Thomas C., Adm., commander-in-chief, Asiatic fleet.

Hull, Cordell, Secretary of State.

Ingersoll, Royal E., Adm., assistant chief of naval operations, Navy Department.

Inglis, R. B., Rear Adm.,¹ presented to committee Navy summary of Pearl Harbor attack.

Kimmel, Husband E., Rear Adm., commander-in-chief, United States fleet; commander-in-chief, Pacific fleet.

Kramer, A. D., Comdr., section chief, division of naval communications, handling translations and recovery of intercepted Japanese codes.

Krick, Harold D., Capt., USN, former flag secretary to Adm. Stark.

Leahy, William D., Adm., chief of staff to the President.

Layton, Edwin T., Capt., USN, fleet intelligence officer, Pacific fleet.

Marshall, George C., Gen., chief of staff, United States army, War Department.

McCollum, Arthur N., Capt., USN, chief, Far Eastern section, office of naval intelligence, Navy Department.

Miles, Sherman, Maj. Gen., chief, military intelligence service, Army general staff, War Department.

Noyes, Leigh, Rear Adm., chief, office of naval communications, Navy Department.

Phillips, Walter C., Col, chief of staff to Gen. Short.

Richardson, J. O., Adm., former commander-in-chief, United States fleet and Pacific fleet.

Roberts, Owen J., Mr. Justice, chairman, Roberts Commission.

Rochefort, Joseph John, Capt., USN, communications intelligence officer, Pacific fleet.

Sadtler, Otis K., Col., chief, military branch, Army Signal Corps, War Department.

Safford, L. F., Capt., USN, chief, radio intelligence unit, office of naval communications, Navy Department.

Schukraft, Robert E., Col., chief, radio intercept unit, Army Signal Corps, War Department.

Schulz, Lester Robert, Comdr., assistant to Adm. Beardall.

Short, Walter C., Maj. Gen., commanding general, Hawaiian Department.

Smith, William W., Rear Adm., chief of staff to Adm. Kimmel.

Sonnett, John F., Lieut. Comdr.,¹ special assistant to the Secretary of the Navy, and assistant to Adm. H. K. Hewitt in his inquiry.

Stark, Harold R., Adm., chief of naval operations, Navy Department.

Stimson, Henry L., Secretary of War (sworn statement and sworn replies to interrogatories only).

Thielen, Bernard, Col.,¹ presented to committee Army summary of Pearl Harbor attack.

Turner, Richmond K., Rear Adm., chief, war plans division, Navy Department.

Welles, Sumner, Undersecretary of State.

Wilkinson, T. S., Rear Adm., chief, office of naval intelligence, Navy Department.

Zacharias, Ellis M., Capt., USN, commanding officer, USS Salt Lake City, Pacific fleet.

1 Denotes witness whose connection with this investigation relates to his assignment after Dec. 7, 1941.